Pitch you get burned on the most?

[Pared]

For me, it is the slider.

Seems like every. single. time. I give up a HR off a slider.

Which pitch is your Achilles Heel?

[Uno Ocho]

Change up, it absolutely kills me. I'm either always early or I swing over the top of it.

[Whitesox]

12-6 curve on both sides of the plate.

I cant hit it to save my life, unless the pitcher leaves it right over the middle. Then it's still anyone's guess if I hit it, and where.

From the pitcher's side, I can't locate it to save my life. It's either a meatball dangling for the hitter to put in the upper deck, of in the dirt, usually causing a wild pitch.

I love the slider, though. My favorite pitch in a strikeout situation.

[Pared]

Ah, so that's for you when hitting ocho? I meant pitching.

I don't know which pitch would be it for me when hitting. Maybe high fastball, but I've taken a few deep as well if I think it is coming...

[ParisB]

When I'm pitching, it doesn't matter, once my confidence starts getting rattled then every pitch i throw ends up getting smacked

as a hitter, in the early counts a very low changeup ALWAYS gets me swinging and missing or weakly grounding out, but for some reason I can lay off it with 2 strikes, maybe because by that time i've seen it so i can adjust

in 2-strike counts, a nasty curve always gets me swinging at garbage way out of the zone or completely locks me up when it's down the middle......heh

[Whitesox]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Ah, so that's for you when hitting ocho? I meant pitching. I don't know which pitch would be it for me when hitting. Maybe high fastball, but I've taken a few deep as well if I think it is coming...

I usually think fastballs are easier to hit than breaking balls, but high heat is one exception to that rule. I can still adjust to it sometimes, but not always.

Also, the thread title had me thinking batting too.

[nemesis04]

I would also have to say the 12-6 curve and the slurve. They catch too much plate and turn into a souvenir.

[BobSacamano]

I can't throw a regular curve to save my life. I almost ALWAYS end up hanging it or missing by a mile. If I hang it, it's almost always crushed for a homer.

On the flip side, for whatever reason I can bury sliders in on hitters' hands all the time. And I'm deadly with a good change-up. But give me a guy who features the curve predominately and I'm totally lost.