Inside or Outside? Pitching to right handed hitters. A puhl.

[Reds]

I think the whole idea of 1 SP is ridiculous first of all.  (Then again, I play infield fly rule, and only throw straight pitches to pitchers.)

But staying on the outside half of the plate allows you to much easier burn a guy inside maybe once every three batters or so...plus for "power" pitchers (Clemens Gooden, maybe even Witt) its much tougher to fool the batter's eye on the outside than inside IMO.

[JoeDirt]

I cannot believe that some of the more experienced players regard the inside pitch as "safer" than the pitch just off of the corner.   I think the most dangerous pitch in the game is the inside pitch.  You get a playe looking for it and you either have the ball crushed or you pitched it so far inside that he can step into it and take the base.

I just cannot believe it.  I venture to say that if you offer me a steady diet of inside pitches, I will run rule you a few times and beat you the rest.

Yeah, you'd probably kill me but it works for me pretty well (then again, you think Chubbs sucks.)

I also like the inside pitch because I WANT you to put the ball in play.  If I can locate that fucker, I'm recording a popup or fielding a grounder for an out.

Also, I should explain that once a pitcher starts losing his stamina, the inside pitch becomes much harder to throw and locate.  Then, I of course go with the outside pitch.  But let's face it, a pitcher with no movement is gonna get crushed no matter where the balle nds up.

McLane...I especially would think that your theory blows because by your prefered rules, you have to hit the inside corner everytime.  I guess I can begrudgenly (?) understand if you move the ball in, way in, way way in, and in but then back over a lot, but you--you HAVE to cross the plate each time.  I would think that'd make it too easy to turn on the inside pitch.

Reminds me why I hate slurve--'cause really, you can make the exact same arguement for the outside pitch.

[JoeDirt]

Witt is considered a plus power pitcher?  Yikes!

[Reds]

I dunno..I consider a power pitcher guys who throw everything ok.  Clemens and Gooden both throw decent curveballs and fastballs....Witt is a little more finnesse, but he isn't Krukow out there at all.

[JoeDirt]

Oh, I've always regarded a power pitcher as one with a plus fastball.

[Reds]

I see....I always broke it down into three or four basic pitcher categories...

power:  as explained above.
fastballers:  Berenguer etc...
curveballers:  Rueschle (sp?) Krukow, Tudor probably (He could be a power pitcher too I guess, but his craftiness as a lefty I think makes him a curve guy)
knuckler:  mike Scott etc...