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how far away from the home plate is the ball when MLB hitters start the swing?

Posted by: dominik (dominik.keul@uni-duesseldorf.de) on Sun Jul 17 14:11:53 2011

Hi guys, great site.

Does anyone know how far away the ball is from the home plate when MLB hitters hit an average fastball (92 mph or so)? I'm talking about the actual swing (heel plant or start of hip rotation or whatever you use as indicator) and not the start of the stride.

I would asume they have to start pretty early and don't have much time for making that decision given the fast pitch speed.

dominik

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Re: how far away from the home plate is the ball when MLB hitters start the swing? jerry 220 hitter [ Sat Jul 23 16:15:51 2011 ]

Re: how far away from the home plate is the ball when MLB hitters start the swing? Dumber than Dirt [ Sat Jul 23 03:16:33 2011 ]
Re: Re: how far away from the home plate is the ball when MLB hitters start the swing? dominik [ Tue Jul 26 12:18:12 2011 ]

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> Hi guys, great site. > > Does anyone know how far away the ball is from the home plate when MLB hitters hit an average fastball (92 mph or so)? I'm talking about the actual swing (heel plant or start of hip rotation or whatever you use as indicator) and not the start of the stride. > > I would asume they have to start pretty early and don't have much time for making that decision given the fast pitch speed. > > dominik

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