I just have to vent about this pitch. I'm pretty sure it's the slider. It comes right down the middle, and at the last second it drops away. It gets me every time, and I can't figure out how to combat it. It might come down the middle a tiny bit lower than the fastball, but it's so close that I can't really tell. Every other pitch is readable, but this one almost seems like cheating it's so bad for me. Thankfully I don't see it as much as other pitches, but man does it grind my gears!
Anybody else have a least favorite pitch?
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that's extremely annoying as well. the called "strikes" that aren't even in the strike zone. hitting's already hard enough as it is without this rather lenient strikezone. we got MLB players, but little league umpires apparently haha.
exactly...not only curve..slider also become pain in your *** when it strike you at outcourse corner or incourse corner.
Yeah, that one is bad too. I actually don't have as much of a problem with it. It usually gets me once then I'm on to it, and I do get hits against it. More recently I've noticed they'll switch it up and have it come down the middle only to veer away for a bawl. Really it has the same effect as the slider in that case.
I know it's so frustrating. Obviously it's easier said than done, but if you only swing at strikes, you can usually let those go and get a fastball (or at least something easier to hit). One of the tips is even to lay off curve***** then smash the fastballl or something like that.
omg I know man everyhing is harder at 103. I just faced the Japanese (I think) closer that is 999 with the moving fastball. Wow is he impossible to hit.
Sweeping curve on outside corner is #2 hardest.
A pitcher with 9 or higher arm throwing a 2-strike, 2-seam fastball is really tough too.