"Back Door" vs. "Front Door" definitions?

Rick Pauly said:

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I have also heard this or similar statements relative to the riseball......I really have to take 10 deep breaths before answering someone who says this. I am guessing these people have never seen how devastating a good riseball is.......it isn't called "The Scholarship Pitch" for nothing.

Well guess what....if your dropball gets up a little it gets hit hard also. Hitters are getting better every year (especially since we stopped teaching them to chop down at the ball..... They can take any pitch out of the park.
If your riseball flattens out to early it is highly likely it will get hit hard......if your dropball release angle is poor it is going to get hit hard......screwball, curveball, change up, etc., etc. same thing.

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Rick Pauly said:

Well guess what....if your dropball gets up a little it gets hit hard also.

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Rocketech1 said:

There seems to be much confusion about the meaning of "front door" and "back door" when discussing the flight path of a pitch. Below are some differences of opinion. Let's assume right-handed pitcher, pitching to a right-handed batter:

1) Curveball - typically thrown to the outside corner of the plate away from the batter. If you throw it inside, so it looks like it might hit the batter, but the ball breaks back towards the plate and crosses the inside portion of the plate for a strike, would that not be called "front door curveball"? Another example, would be the same RHP throwing an outside curveball to a lefty slapper, that looks like its going to be a ball outside but curves into the outside portion of the plate for a strike and is called a "back door curveball"?

2) Alternatively, some have suggested that the "front door" and "back door" means a pitch that enters the strike zone from the front potion of the plate or the back portion of the plate and has nothing to do with which side of the plate the pitch is on (left or right).

What say you?

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