I just read in SI that Yogi Bera thinks that underhand toss does not help hitters. I was thinking he was referring to pregame 'show' warm-up they do in pro baseball. I
assume they have a pitching machine inside somewhere, where they hit before games.
Nolan Ryan has his team hitting off live pitchers last few years in practice (not pregame of course), that I know from SI, too.
Girls on the team I know practiced all winter, 2 hours on Sundays, hardly any time off, mostly soft toss and tee work, with 2 rounds in with machines at the end. Team average is down 50 points this season I was told, even though some of the teams are the same played in the fall.....
Makes you wonder why you practice so hard for no results. What gives? (I know the answer about hitting every day, but some of the girls had been doing that in the fall and stopped, due to schoolwork, distractions, illness, injury, other sports etc. So let's take that out as an answer. There were other team practices during the week; pitchers were really busy.)
assume they have a pitching machine inside somewhere, where they hit before games.
Nolan Ryan has his team hitting off live pitchers last few years in practice (not pregame of course), that I know from SI, too.
Girls on the team I know practiced all winter, 2 hours on Sundays, hardly any time off, mostly soft toss and tee work, with 2 rounds in with machines at the end. Team average is down 50 points this season I was told, even though some of the teams are the same played in the fall.....
Makes you wonder why you practice so hard for no results. What gives? (I know the answer about hitting every day, but some of the girls had been doing that in the fall and stopped, due to schoolwork, distractions, illness, injury, other sports etc. So let's take that out as an answer. There were other team practices during the week; pitchers were really busy.)
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