It is really difficult. I played in minors for a year. Fast balls I could

Oct 1, 2024
3:56:04pm

Bullrider All-American

hit. Breaking pitches were extremely difficult to hit for me. That’s the reason I only played one year in the minors is because I couldn’t hit pitchers with good breaking pitches.

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Hitting a major league pitch seems like the hardest thing in the world.

Russell Feathers

3:40pm

I used to think so too until I saw the Dude Perfect guy and Marty Mush do it.

texbird33

3:42pm

“First try!”

Shawarma

3:43pm

I think most athletes could get around on it if it were the same pitch every time down the middle. But the pros only

Bob Vance

3:48pm

RE: I think most athletes could get around on it if it were the same pitch every

Russell Feathers

3:50pm

But isn’t their shtick to cut the misses and only show you the hits? “First try”

Shawarma

3:59pm

Dude perfect?

BaseCoug

4:00pm

They did tricks in that warehouse so you couldn’t tell how much time elapsed

Shawarma

4:15pm

Guarantee you there were about 100 soft pitches before he started hitting, and he probably was not getting

Bob Vance

4:03pm

The pitcher hit 95 and it was not 100 pitches.

Baron

4:14pm

Interesting. Looks like he spent a bit of time in the cage getting ready for it, and then made a little

Bob Vance

6:55pm

Maybe. But without practice I bet I could hit at least 1 out of 50 of them

cougarfann888

3:44pm

I couldn’t do it. I’d be more likely to hit the field goal. I’d be way too

Russell Feathers

3:47pm

So I used to have a 70' cage in my backyard. My machine does 95 at 60'6"

Zooropa

3:51pm

I played in an overly serious 35+ baseball league across the Puget Sound area

Zooropa

4:03pm

I think the hardest thing would be having the cojones to stand in there when

Goliath

3:55pm

It is really difficult. I played in minors for a year. Fast balls I could

Bullrider

3:56pm

Some guys these days like Clase throwing sinkers at 100. Even Skubal has sunk 98

Zooropa

4:08pm

In real life, it is kinda like boxing in that if you don’t know what you’re

BaseCoug

4:07pm

RE: In real life, it is kinda like boxing in that if you don’t know what

Zooropa

4:16pm

Who is that?

BaseCoug

4:28pm

Romney vs Holyfield

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