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Could you get a hit off the... (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Seymour Corn
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yeah, that's simply ######ed to say.
tribecalledjeff
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Dreamer
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Average guy won't hit 90mph heat.And there are a LOT of delusional people on this board. Check the "Can you throw 90mph?" thread for evidence.tribecalledjeff
Footballguy
By a decent percentage, I am still thinking single digits. "A decent bit better than 0-1" is what I was meaning to say.The average person would either crap their pants or be 3 seconds behind a 90 mph fastball, if not both.Average guy won't hit 90mph heat.And there are a LOT of delusional people on this board. Check the "Can you throw 90mph?" thread for evidence.
Dexter
Footballguy
...and the other 2% foolish. If a good MLB player fails 70% of the time a regular person on this board would be lucky to make contact. Any hit would be pure luck.
bleachercreacher
Footballguy
I don't even think the average D1 would hit a top 30 pitcher. Using the rankings I used for my fantasy baseball draft this year the 30th ranked pitcher is Chien-Ming Wang. He's given up 10 hits in 2 games to MLB hitters.
Your Mother
Footballguy
Can I bunt? 
No. I'd say there isn't a guy that reads this thread that gets a hit off a major league pitcher. Not unless it was a fluke accident.
This isn't as much a no brainer as the tough guy who thought he could fight an elite level lightweight boxer but it's in the same ballpark.
J
This isn't as much a no brainer as the tough guy who thought he could fight an elite level lightweight boxer but it's in the same ballpark.
J
Gator Shawn
Footballguy
Doesn't mean he isn't hittable or strikes out the side every inning he pitches, even in high school. Some pitchers make a living out of putting the ball in play.
Your Mother
Footballguy
Will the defense adjust to my relative suckiness?
Yes, the outfielders will be on the bench.
the moops
Footballguy
Most NL pitchers were fantastic hitters in high school and/or college.So no, you wouldn't likely hit like an NL pitcher.
Gator Shawn
Footballguy
probably, but how about the 'not strike out' option. Are we crazy for thinking we could fly out to the catcher or dribble one back to the mound?SKribbles said:
boom king
Footballguy
yeah but arent they asking who can GET A HIT?
Gator Shawn
Footballguy
There's 3 options.1. Get a Hit2. NOT Strike Out3. Strike Out
SKribbles
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You'd be lucky to make contact. If the worst MLB pitcher wanted to make you look foolish, he would. If he was throwing straight fastballs down the middle, sure you could get a piece and maybe even a hit. If he was offered $$$ to strike you out, you wouldn't stand a chance.
I've batted against a couple guys who played in the senior nationals in Canada...and probably only hit .150 against them.
They are nowhere close to major league pitchers, but threw 86-87 mph with good secondary pitches.
Ramp that up to 89-90 MPH with GREAT secondary pitches and I think I could still hit .150...if there was absolutely no defense on the field. With a normal defense I would say maybe .025.
Thats being realistic, and I would venture to guess I'm a better ballplayer than at least 95% of FBG
They are nowhere close to major league pitchers, but threw 86-87 mph with good secondary pitches.
Ramp that up to 89-90 MPH with GREAT secondary pitches and I think I could still hit .150...if there was absolutely no defense on the field. With a normal defense I would say maybe .025.
Thats being realistic, and I would venture to guess I'm a better ballplayer than at least 95% of FBG
Steve Tasker
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I would get embarrassed and go down on 3 strikes. Troof.
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Cowboys#1
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Im pretty sure any MLB pitcher could work any of us tools in 3 maybe 4 pitches.
Especially if its a game situation, have you ever seen one of those Middle Releivers go in and hit? Multiply their ineptitude by 100X and then we are approaching how foolish I would look up there.
Especially if its a game situation, have you ever seen one of those Middle Releivers go in and hit? Multiply their ineptitude by 100X and then we are approaching how foolish I would look up there.
timschochet
Footballguy
Your best chance is to walk into the pitch. If you're not dead, you can take your base, well earned.
timschochet
Footballguy
As for me, a ten year old Jodie Foster could strike me out.
Ramblin Wreck said:
If the pitcher really wanted to get to you...I think the average person wouldn't want to get back in the batter's box if the first pitch was a hard fastball near the head
AlsoeoMMan said:
. It's ridiculous to reasonably say that you'd get a hit....not striking out is different.....I think my best option would be to not swing and hope the pitcher cant find the plate 
Spartans Rule
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Not to disrespect the awesomeness of the knuckler by any stretch, but for an average schmuck like me who didn't even play high school ball, Wakefield is probably my best shot. It's still next-to-nothing that I'd actually get a hit off him. But with your typical fastball and breaking ball pitcher, I'd hardly ever get the bat off the shoulders. I'd be frozen on fastballs and diving out of the way of balls that break right over the plate. At least the knuckler would be coming across where I could see it and swing at it. And it is the hardest pitch to control, so maybe every now and then I get a meatball. I'd be flailing at the damn thing and looking incredibly stupid 95+% of the time, but I'd have a better chance of making contact than I would off someone throwing harder.Now for someone who played college ball or maybe even HS and has some pitch recognition skills, they might have a better shot against a lower-tier guy with normal stuff.mr. furley said:HellToupee said:
Rooster
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I give myself about a 2% chance of making contact and having it be a fair ball, it would be a minor miracle if one of those 2% turned into a legitimate hit. In high school we had a local guy who got called up for the Marlins for a game or two come and throw at our practice. The guy put all our best players to shame and he wasn't even a regular and he wasn't even in top shape at the time. These guys make the best of the best who practice all the time fail 70% of the time, I see no way that anyone that isn't currently practicing and playing at some high level would have any higher than a .100 average against these guys and I think that's being very generous.
The Big Guy
Fear the Blitz
The fact is, there is that remote possibility that a professional baseball player is a member here and is one of the yes votes. I can imagine him laughing at this thread heartily. Many baseball players today are huge ff fans, so it isn't too far out of the question to have one here not revealing his true identity.
Barring that, no one here has a shot of hitting a major league pitcher who wants you out. A lot of people hoping they are going to get fastballs thrown at them, the odds of getting anything other then curves and sliders are astronomical.
Barring that, no one here has a shot of hitting a major league pitcher who wants you out. A lot of people hoping they are going to get fastballs thrown at them, the odds of getting anything other then curves and sliders are astronomical.
Seymour Corn
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Do you think you could get a walk from this pitcher? Could you read the pitches at the pace they are being thrown?
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Hell no. Few, if any of us here could do that. And the pitcher wouldn't respect any of us enough to give us a walk. He'd throw stuff that he could easily locate, but would still blow most of us out of the water.Although, now that I think of it... at any given time, "The worst pitcher in MLB" could be an otherwise solid pitcher going through a bout of Ankiel/Wohlers disease. Maybe then I could get a walk.
Bring out Wakefield!
When I was younger and actually somewhat coordinated I faced guys who threw hard. Then one day our HS team faced Jim Mecir, who went on to be a mediocre middle reliever journeyman in the majors. He threw high '80's and low 90's. The ball was on top of you so much quicker than anyone else it was ridiculous. Needless to say I was lucky to foul a few off. I think anyone who thinks they could get a hit is kidding themselves and severely overestimating their ability.
When I was younger and actually somewhat coordinated I faced guys who threw hard. Then one day our HS team faced Jim Mecir, who went on to be a mediocre middle reliever journeyman in the majors. He threw high '80's and low 90's. The ball was on top of you so much quicker than anyone else it was ridiculous. Needless to say I was lucky to foul a few off. I think anyone who thinks they could get a hit is kidding themselves and severely overestimating their ability.
Liquid Tension
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I would not necessarily agree with this...no question??? First, I don't think people realize how fast 90 MPH is WITH some movement. A breaking ball from a lefty if you are a righty would be easier to track IMO. But that is just opinion. That being said, to say you could get a hit is a little odd of a question as even a pro hitter isn't successful 30% of the time. If your asking if you could hit a fair ball that may be a better question for most on this board. The % would be very low just to get a fair ball if you ask me, especially if the pitcher is trying to strike you out. As an example, let's say that Joe Bryant was up at the plate (just picking on you Joe), and he would get 1 mil if he hit a fair ball and the pitcher would get 1 mil if he stopped you from hitting a fair ball before he struck you out. What % of the time would our average Joe be able to hit the ball fair? I think it would be about the same as a pro batting average (and I might be being VERY generous)BTW, I played ball and was drafted before a back injury ended my career.
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shadyridr
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Seymour Corn
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Why would this be moved to the baseball forum? It's not about baseball necessarily.
Does some sort of buzzer go off in the mod's control centre as soon as the word 'baseball' is typed?
Does some sort of buzzer go off in the mod's control centre as soon as the word 'baseball' is typed?
Knightro
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Angry Beavers
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Per KNightro's link - I would get nothing but basehits.....
but I am sure reacting to a blip on a screen is just like hitting a baseball
There is no chance in heck anyone here could get a basehit unless that person played college ball - and if lower than D1, was one of thebetter people on the team....
but I am sure reacting to a blip on a screen is just like hitting a baseball
There is no chance in heck anyone here could get a basehit unless that person played college ball - and if lower than D1, was one of thebetter people on the team....
Darth Cheney
Footballguy
If it were just clowning around...maybe. If it were a real at-bat, any pitcher worth his salt would throw inside heat against an average Joe with the first pitch. Then after that it would be outside corner, outside corner, outside corner....strike three.
Darth Cheney
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One thing though....college success isn't the barometer by what a person should be judged. There are a good number of professional baseball players who haven't been to college. I imagine alot of the foreign players barely made it out of grade school.
shake zula
Footballguy
love the reference to that thread.If you played college baseball in the last 10 years maybe.If your last stop on the baseball train was high school NO CHANCE. You strike out looking.
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Well, if any FBG reading this thread was drafted by an MLB team right out of high school, or spotted by an MLB scout while playing professionally in Latin America at 17, that applies.But beyond that, guys with college baseball experience have the best chance to get a hit.
Liquid Tension
Footballguy
Somebody could swing and miss very easily...I think the cool part is that most everyone would like the chance to see how good the pitchers really are. I think the part that would shock people is the amount of movement on fastballs. Some of the heavy sinker guys would be so hard to hit for most people. Guys like Wang on the Yankees or others who throw 92 with great downward (and sideways) motion would be shocking. I remember the first time I faced a REAL slider from a lefty. The pitch was probably about 80 MPH (the guy threw about 87-88) and I swung over the pitch twice and would have sworn that I was all over it. Being a good hitter (I led my Div I team in hitting this year) I stepped back and adjusted my thought process and knew the adjustment I had to make. I was ready for that slider coming down and in as he had set me up for it with the fastball. I stepped back in and took great pride in my adjustments in the middle of AB's...Here it comes, I was all over it, right out of his hand, I took the swing that would line one over 3rd base and ....I got nothing but air. I don't know where that pitch went? The ump said it was a strike, but it had to be a ball as the downward movement was devastating. That guy got drafted but never made the show. I didn't see many of those types of sliders in college, only a few guys could do that. Some great curves, but sliders great sliders were much more rare. Those types of pitches are the great equalizers for guys who could turn on any fastball. I had what I would call slider bat speed and I didn't touch that guy. FWIW, I did get a single off of him (over 3b and SS) the next time we faced them, but he also struck me out twice. Yep, he hung the slider on my hit and if he hadn't I probably would have k'd 3 times.
Knightro
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I'd say a lot of of us could get wood on a straight fastball if we knew it was coming. The problem is when the wrinkles and the changeups come in. I marvel at how these guys can hit because I have a hard enough time stepping into the 80mph batting cage and making contact every time.
Stephen Hawking
Footballguy
even.i.could.get.a.hit.off.of.steve.trachsel.
the moops
Footballguy
You're an idiot if you think this.
