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Originally Posted by lewis31lewis52
Okay, well let's say the hitter hits a fly ball to center. The ball is in the air, nothing controlling it. How does the pitcher help decide where the ball ends up?
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I've always thought ..
On any given at bat, anything can happen. Buuutt.
I've always thought ... Over the long haul, a pitcher can control whether a batter "gets good wood". Professional hitters can put a ball "close" to where they want to. A good pitcher can take this away with his pitching, and make that more difficult, resulting in weak fly balls.
So, for your example .. he's already effected it. If it was a bad pitch, or one more manageable to a hitter, he could've slapped a line shot back up the middle.
Again. I'm new to this theory, and am just speaking what I've always "thought" about baseball. And will do a little research on this interesting subject.