1st pitch?

[milldaddy35]

Do you usually swing at the 1st pitch or take it?

[ckarlic]

Re: 1st pitch?

Do you usually swing at the 1st pitch or take it?

I usually take the first pitch. it allows me to get a good gauge at the pitcher's wind up and release point. Plus, its good to work the count as it gets you in the habit of getting into a better hitter's count.

[bcruise]

Re: 1st pitch?

Usually take, although I have absolutely no qualms with swinging at a first pitch meatball. Generally I'll sit back and watch, if it's a fastball I'll usually take no matter what, but if it's something offspeed that hangs it's getting launched.

[countryboy]

Re: 1st pitch?

Generally take, but I go up with each hitter looking for one pitch in one zone on the first pitch of the AB. If I get what I'm looking for, I'm hacking!

[Pezell04x]

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95% of the time I'm taking.

[Joey]

Re: 1st pitch?

Unless I'm playing with Quick Counts on I'm most likely taking till I get a strike on me.

[milldaddy35]

Re: 1st pitch?

Ok, so whenever its a 1st pitch ball, I ALWAYS take the next pitch in case its a ball and the count goes to 2-0. Do any of you guys do that?

[stlpimpmonsta]

Re: 1st pitch?

Ok, so whenever its a 1st pitch ball, I ALWAYS take the next pitch in case its a ball and the count goes to 2-0. Do any of you guys do that?

Unless I can see it and it's a changeup down the middle I'm taking and hope for a great 2-0 pitch.

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[countryboy]

Re: 1st pitch?

Ok, so whenever its a 1st pitch ball, I ALWAYS take the next pitch in case its a ball and the count goes to 2-0. Do any of you guys do that?

Until I get a strike, my approach is the same. Look for one pitch in one location. Get it swing, don't take.

[milldaddy35]

Re: 1st pitch?

So do you use guess pitch?

[countryboy]

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So do you use guess pitch?

I do not use guess pitch. I, myself, look for a certain pitch in a certain location.

[Nate99]

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I take the first pitch all the time, the one thing that annoys me is the CPU actually starts the game with a off speed pitch which almost no pitcher does in baseball. I've never seen that out the 15 years of baseball that I've seen. My guess if I missed it is Bronson Arroyo being a pitcher that might have possibly thrown a off speed pitch as the first pitch of the game.

[Nate99]

Re: 1st pitch?

I left out Knuckle ballers, I apologize. I've only seen Knuckle ballers throw it of course, even though their knuckle balls they throw is pretty much their fastball.

[Pezell04x]

Re: 1st pitch?

Ok, so whenever its a 1st pitch ball, I ALWAYS take the next pitch in case its a ball and the count goes to 2-0. Do any of you guys do that?

In my head I tell myself I'm going to take at least two pitches because most of the time the count will be 2-0 or 1-1. Very rarely does a pitcher throw two strikes in the beginning of an at bat back to back, though Mark Buehrle did yesterday a few times.

[vinny_pizza]

Re: 1st pitch?

No guess pitch and more often than not, I take a pitch unless I see a pattern of fat strikes on the first pitch.

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