Re: Directional hitting on critical situations has to be predetermined
I've grown a little frustrated with it this year as well. I've had at least 3 hits that should have been crushed homers, all end up as harmless fly outs. Or at least in my mind they should have been crushed.
Twice with Adam Duvall (power hitter) I've had 3-0 or 3-1 counts. I sit dead red and time up the pitch down the middle perfectly with a power swing, and the thing dies on the warning track. Votto was similar, 3-1 down the middle, good timing, power swing, medium fly ball to left.
I thought for sure both of Duvall's were going upper deck. I timed it up perfect and used a power swing, yet both ended up as just simple outs.
Granted it's baseball, it's random, not every power hitter is going to crush it every time, etc... but when I time up a pitch perfectly like that, I almost feel cheated a bit.
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