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Even at 75 if you observe and choose a pitch to swing at before you get anything in motion, you will have feet in cement and flip your bat at the ball in the catcher's mitt. You have to time the pitch, trigger, and make a quick decision in the process. IMHO that is why you see as many bad swings as you do, since observation time is so limited; and the game at that level is 10x harder than most imagine at the plate.
Well said. Sometimes it's a guessing game and boy oh boy do you look silly when you guess wrong. Change ups in particular. I have told the story about the USA women's team vs. Japan, didn't I? About Mike Candrea bringing in USA men's guys to pick Ueno's change up? It's a great story.