Hitting up in the box vs Back in the box

[japetus462]

If you hit more up or back in the hitters box, does it increase or decrease your chances of hitting a homerun? Or is it all where on the bat you hit it?

[dvldog]

I try to stay back in the box if a pitcher is slowing down, and have hit more homers that way.

I also think you can hit more homers if you jerk back while swinging - if you hit it in the right spot.

Mostly talking outta my ass though.

[doveRBI]

I hit up in the box, less curve and it makes me believe I can hit with more velocity.  That is just my bullshit wish though.

[jaylums]

I think everyone has their own personal style when it comes to pitchers and batters.  For me, I'll begin moving my batter ieither up-down and left right quickly as the pitch is thrown then I'll swing.  Of course it's alot easier to hit homers with a guy like Darryl Evans, he can mash the ball on a check swing.

[ultimate7]

I usually hit up in the box, but will move back in the box with 2 strikes or if I'm swinging at bad pitches.  Being backs helps me lay off the bad pitches and I can sometimes tell if a drop pitch will actually drops before I swing

[vgp100]

I generally stay up in the box--it's that much shorter a distance to get ti out of the park.
I also like Gantry's trick--I think he calls it the slide. In mid swing--slide your batter down--it adds a bit of extra power.

[Mets_bs]

I bat up in the box, less time for breaking balls to well ... break. Also I find it helpful to "dive out over the plate" by moving the batter from middle of the box all the way to to the plate in mid-swing, maybe it's just me but I get a lot more homers that way.

[BeefMaster]

I also like Gantry's trick--I think he calls it the slide. In mid swing--slide your batter down--it adds a bit of extra power.

The Retreat.

[Gantry]

Well done beefy, it is called the retreat...

We all bat at the top of the box and typically retreat in mid-pitch.  When a pitcher gets very slow some stay at the top and don't retreat.  It's virtually impossible for me to bat at the bottom of the box....

[fknmclane]

It's impossible to bat at the bottom.  You just foul everything off.
I stay at the top of the box 95% of the time and the other 5% use The Retreat just to fuck with my opponent.

[Flood]

I bat at the top almost all the time...the only exception is when I've been swinging at bad pitches.  Also, I only use the "Retreat" with a couple players (Man Perm and JClark).  JC seems to benefit the most from it.

[Vitb6]

The retreat is definately not a gimmick.  I works.  However, I have found that some players the retreat doesn't work for, Chet Lemon to name one.  IMO, if you retreat with Lemon he blows.  THat is why I normally sub him out.  But for 90% of the hitters, the retreat does work.  It would be impossible to retreat in curve pitch.  Or very very hard.

[doveRBI]

Why has no one mentioned "The Tettleton" in a while.  I use that technique 90% of the time.  Am I the only one?  How can I teach it to my fantasy RBI'ers?

[vgp100]

Vit, with Lemon, I leave him in and use the Tettleton stance. For some reason, it gives him special powers.
Seriously, it works.  Also try it on Dwight Evans and Bergman.

[doveRBI]

VGP!  That is amazing.  We were typing a Tettleton message at the exact same time.  Dee-Nee!

[vgp100]

That is amazing.
I also  think it's more amazing that we agree on something.

[Briznock]

I usually use the term Oquendo for this stance. Is this acceptable??? When i feel like using it Ill call TIME and usually the opponent allows me to get it set up.  I only use it when im in a slump at the plate.  which happens quite often around here due to our curve pitching and our severe case of itchy trigger thumb.  

[doveRBI]

No that is not the same thing.  Calling time to do an Oquendo is obviously busch league.  The Tettleton is done by a player with finesse with no stoppage of action needed.

[vgp100]

I actually call it the "cocked bat".
As in "I'm going to cock my bat now"
It just sounds funnier.

[vgp100]

I wonder what would happen if I cocked it with Dick Schofield.
"If you thought Dick could hit, wait till you see him cocked"
"Wait for Dick to cock it"