Moving up in the box

[Tango]

One of my favorite DD pitches is her backdoor curve. Makes me crack up every time I see one of those aggressive hitters up in the box and she makes them bail out on a called strike with her backdoor curve breaking across the inside corner. :-D

Limited calling pitches against this. Are you worried you will hit them that far up in the box with the backdoor curve?

 

[radness]

There are some batters that make an on-base percentage out of taking one for the team!
Inside river = first base for them

 

[Eric F]

There are some batters that make an on-base percentage out of taking one for the team!
Inside river = first base for them

My kid is one of them.

 

[vicimus]

Limited calling pitches against this. Are you worried you will hit them that far up in the box with the backdoor curve?

Nah. If the batter gets hit, then it will make them think twice about crowding the plate next time especially for a backdoor rise/curve. ;-) i.e. unlike calling a a drop ball w// a runner on 3B, AFAIC, a backdoor curve reward > risk. ;-)

 

[radness]

My kid is one of them.

And she can hit, productive!