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One of my pet peaves about batting practice is the fact that hitters swing at so many pitches. To me, this is the perfect place to teach hitters a little patience. Unfortunately, BP takes a lot of time, and as you get to lower level ball the BP pitchers aren't as accurate.

Still, my problem with Pie breaking his bat would be that he probably shouldn't be swinging that that pitch in BP anyway.

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Also not to be an ass, but it could also mean on that day he had a long swing or that his bat speed was not fast enough to get through the zone.
Bat speed against a 50-60 mph batting pactice pitch? You really do think he's bad.:laughlol:
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I ONCE saw a post of yours that didn't piss me off. I guess that means I like you? :rolleyes:

If you haven't figured it out yet, this is all in good fun with me, as I told you in a private message. The problem with you is you try too hard to make everyone agree with what you say, and thus don't know how to have fun.

The incident with Pie at Fanfest I made lighthearted. What a guy does in batting practice 6 weeks ago has nothing to do with the present. It was just a fun post about an incident I saw. Sorry you couldn't also have fun with it, like Cerrano and I did!

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