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Characteristics |
Weakness |
Pitch |
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Batting Stance |
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Up in front of box |
Fast ball high |
Fastest pitch, rises |
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In back of box |
Breaking Balls |
Breaking ball (drop or change) |
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Closed stance |
Inside |
Drop or rise, screw |
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Open stance |
Outside |
Out drop or rise, curve or
curve drop or rise |
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Overly erect |
Low |
Inside Drip, screw |
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Wide stance |
Low |
Drops or curves low and on
corners |
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Crouches over |
High |
Rises in or out, curve rise,
change |
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Close to plate |
Inside |
Drop, fast ball or rise inside |
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Far from plate |
Outside |
Out drop or rise, curve or
curve drop or rise |
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Even with plate |
High-low |
Rises, drops, curves, screw on
corners |
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Tilted head |
Inside |
In rise, drop or screw |
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Weight over shift |
Low & outside |
Out drop, curve drop, curves to
front leg |
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No weight shift |
Inside |
Drop or rise, screw |
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Stride toward plate (closed) |
Inside |
Drop or rise, screw |
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Stride away from plate (open) |
Outside |
Out drop or rise, curve rise,
change |
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Long stride |
High |
Rise in or out, curve rise,
change |
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Hands / Swing |
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Hitch |
High |
Rise in or out; curve rise;
change |
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Lunges |
High, Mix |
Rise in or out, change |
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Hands high |
Low |
In or out drop, curve drip,
screw |
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Hands low |
High in |
Rise in or out, curve rise,
change |
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hands away from body |
Inside |
In drop or rise, screw |
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Loopy swing |
High |
Rise in or out, curve rise
change |
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Choppy swing |
High |
Rise in or out, curve rise
change |
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No arm extension |
Low & outside |
Out drop, curve drop, curves
fastball |
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Parallel bat |
High |
Rise in or out, curve rise,
change |
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Slow bat / sweeper |
Inside |
Off speed, in rise, drop,
screw, change |
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Quick bat |
Low |
Change speeds, keep hitter off
balance |
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Inside-out swing |
Low-In |
In drop, screw, change, low
rise |
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Swings up |
High, low in |
Rise in or out, drop in, screw |
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Appearance |
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Weak batter |
Low, outside |
Fastball, out drop, curve drop
curves |
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Strong batter |
Low, extreme |
Change speeds, drops, drop
curve, corner fastball |
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Relaxed batter |
Faster delivery |
Pitch with quicker rhythm,
change speeds |
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tense batter |
Slower delivery |
Use speed as waste then break
ball |
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Aggressive batter |
Change rhythm |
Off-speed, in rise, drop, screw
change, inside |
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L H batter with speed |
Low out |
Drop, screw, rise, curve, in
rise high |
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Game Situation |
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Runners |
Result Wanted |
Pitch |
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On 1st, bunt situation |
Poor bunt or pop up |
High in or out very inside and
low |
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ON 2nd, RH less than 2 outs |
Ground ball left side |
Low in, change in , high in |
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on 3rd, RH less than 2 outs |
Ground ball corners |
Very low, in or out |
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On 2nd, LH less than 2 ouths |
Ground ball left side |
Low out, change out, high out |
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On 3rd, LH less than 2 outs |
Ground ball left side |
Low out, change out, high out |
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On 3rd, less than 2 outs |
Poor bunt or pop up |
High in or out, very low in or
pitchout |
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Batter bunting or pick off |
NO CHANGE UPS |
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Bases loaded or on 2nd & 3rd
less than 2 outs |
Ground ball |
Low in or out |
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Batter |
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Hitter bunts for hit (L H out &
away) |
Poor bunt force to hit |
High in or out, change in |
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Hit and runs |
Pop up or ground ball |
Low in or jam high in |
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Ahead in count |
Pitch to pitchers strike zone,
just outside of batters strike zone make batter
swing at ball |
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Behind in count |
Pitch to umpire's & pitcher's
strike zone, never pitch to batter's strength |
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Defense |
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Right side weak |
Ball hit to left |
Pitch inside |
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Left side weak |
Ball hit to right |
Pitch outside |
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Outfield weak |
Ground balls |
Low in or out |
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Infield weak |
Pup up's fly balls |
High, in rises, change ups |
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Pitcher tired |
Stay away from rise or curve |
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Pitch not working |
Don't use it except as a waste
pitch |
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Field |
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Fence short |
Ground balls |
Low in or out |
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Fence long |
Pup ups, fly balls |
High in, rises, change ups |
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Wet field |
Ground balls |
Low in or out, stay away from
risers |
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Weather |
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Humidity high, low altitude |
Pup ups, fly balls |
High in, rises, changes,
breaking balls |
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Humidity low, high altitude |
Gournd balls |
Inside, drops, in rise curves,
change low in |
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Wind at your back |
Jam pitch |
Low inside (faster ball), high
rise inside |
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Wind at your face |
Vary speeds |
Use speed as waste then break
ball low, outside |
