Curious on yalls thoughts. I feel like every pitch has purpose. Could be something that is more prevalent in baseball.
"The hitter is most vulnerable when you get him in an 0-2 bind. My goal is to take him out immediately. I'm going right after him, no fooling around with wasting a pitch up high or throwing one in the dirt. Why waste a pitch on 0-2? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in the game. People are scared to death of giving up hits on 0-2 counts. Its the lowest batting average of any count. So, what's the best time to get a hitter to swing at a pitch? You guessed it, 0-2. So, lets say you follow conventional wisdom and you waste a pitch up high or throw a curveball and try to get him to swing at a pitch in the dirt. Heck, it's usually such a bad pitch that the hitter will lay off. Now you just wasted a pitch and you're also wasting time. This strategy does nothing to help you at all. If anything, it gives the hitter more of an advantage because he gets to see one more pitch come out of your hand."
"The hitter is most vulnerable when you get him in an 0-2 bind. My goal is to take him out immediately. I'm going right after him, no fooling around with wasting a pitch up high or throwing one in the dirt. Why waste a pitch on 0-2? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in the game. People are scared to death of giving up hits on 0-2 counts. Its the lowest batting average of any count. So, what's the best time to get a hitter to swing at a pitch? You guessed it, 0-2. So, lets say you follow conventional wisdom and you waste a pitch up high or throw a curveball and try to get him to swing at a pitch in the dirt. Heck, it's usually such a bad pitch that the hitter will lay off. Now you just wasted a pitch and you're also wasting time. This strategy does nothing to help you at all. If anything, it gives the hitter more of an advantage because he gets to see one more pitch come out of your hand."