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How many MLB pitches could you at least foul tip (out of 100 pitches)?

Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:12 pm
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:12 pm
MLB pitcher firing his full arsenal of stuff at you. All are strikes or close to it but pitcher can hit the corners. How many can you get a piece of?

*must take full swing - no bunt or holding bat over the plate allowed.



edit: I changed to all pitches instead of just fastballs.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 1:23 pm
Posted by GFaceKillah
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:12 pm to
100
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 1:13 pm
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:12 pm to
0
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:13 pm to
50-75 ish I would imagine. We are talking just contact right?
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 1:14 pm
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:13 pm to
If you know they're all going to be fastballs you can probably put a few in play once you get the timing.

Hell a decent man could even put a lucky one deep since the pitcher is doing most of the work.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:14 pm to
do homeruns count?
Posted by bwallcubfan
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
38124 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:14 pm to
90...10 will be off the plate and I ain't swinging at crap

Probably 12 dingers
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 1:16 pm
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:14 pm to
Back when I was much younger, I could make contact more times than not.

Today, not so much.

One offspeed pitch would do me in from a timing standpoint.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 1:15 pm
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:14 pm to
43
Posted by Jones
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:14 pm to
If there is no movement, a person who played high school level baseball will be able to make a decent amount of contact after maybe 10 to 20 pitches.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95498 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

One offspeed pitch would do me in from a timing standpoint.
There are no offspeed pitches in this scenario I do not believe
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:15 pm to
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right there with you, maybe a couple by fluke
Posted by PerCuriam
backrooms, alleys and trusty woods
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:15 pm to
90+, played baseball through college... shattered wrist in a wreck ended career when I was sr...wrist still messed up many years later but I'm not too terribly bad in the cage around 88mph...
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

How many can you get a piece of?

I took bp off a major league pitcher(former Tiger,) 4-5 years ago(he had been out of the bigs for 2-3 years,) did pretty well, that is until he sensed that I was catching a proud and started bring the real big league stuff
Posted by BayouBrawl
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Member since Aug 2012
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:15 pm to
Knowing that every pitch will be a fastball, I'm pretty sure I'd get the timing down pretty quick. The only thing left is location. Assuming I'd probably miss the first 10 or so, I think I'd make contact with ~50% of the rest, so 40-45. If you let the pitcher mix in some off-speed, slider, curve type stuff, that number goes WAYYYY down.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
95498 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

If there is no movement, a person who played high school level baseball will be able to make a decent amount of contact after maybe 10 to 20 pitches.
Correct. If the speed is 92-95 I would put my number in the 80s. 96-100 I put my number in the 60-70 range
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:15 pm to
As many as I could make contact with.
Posted by LSU_Saints_Hornets
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:17 pm to
ME

Posted by Happygilmore
Happy Place
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

MLB pitcher firing fastballs to you


all fastballs, no breaking pitches.

i could probably touch between 15 and 25
Posted by Breaux
Member since Nov 2005
3971 posts
Posted on 6/2/16 at 1:17 pm to
bout tree fiddy
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