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Old 10-27-2016, 11:55 PM   #21
TomVeal
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Originally Posted by McJacs2 View Post
The things I bolded are things I need to work on. I'm not too sure when I should pitch to contact, and I usually pinch hit so early and often so I don't have the opportunity to make defensive substitutions. Everything else you mentioned I'd like to thing I do often enough.
You may be doing some of them too often. Pinch hitters, for instance, tend to underperform. It's best to save them for situations in which a hit or walk is vital and the pinch hitter is clearly better at bat than the man he replaces.

As for "pitch to contact", that's a tactic that should be used rarely - and not at all if your defense isn't first rate.
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