Have you ever tried to hit a 90 mph fastball?

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I don't know how they, baseball players, do it.

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You hit this one on the head (pardon the pun)

They’re baseball players. You’re not. They train for this shite, everyday. They know what the pitchers they face throw

It’s pure reflex. The more such pitches you see, the slower they get in your mind. You learn to conquer your fear

Now the curveball, learning to sit back on off speed, that separates the men from the boys

Disagree that it’s not fun. It was always fun to get up for those small handful of games in HS where you were facing a kid that threw really hard or was considered a legitimate college prospect. That’s the fun of competing.

Getting hit by one? Definitely not fun

Competing is fun, actually hitting it is not... especially when you are fairly young. I had one hit off the handle and stung like a mother once.... now when you hit one square, yes fun....


There was a difference hearing, "this guy throws 75-80" vs "this guy touches 90+"

I distinctly remember being able to hear the seams the first time I faced a guy throwing 90 plus.

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I don't know how they, baseball players, do it.

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Thanks for clarifying. Thought you were talking about soccer players

Yup. I knew I could get on base.

If I got walked. Otherwise, nope. But, that’s to be expected, I wasn’t good.

I've hit in a 95 mph batting cage after daydrinking. Smacked the shite out of one after 9 bad whiffs and had sore obliques for a week.

I faced a guy in high school in the allstar game that threw 96. Pretty sure he was from deridder and signed with the Mets.

Correction- he signed with Detroit tigers.

Josh rainwater