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moe416 · 05-06-2009, 10:06 PM

snepp · 05-06-2009, 10:25 PM

I should forward a copy of this article to every single staff member of the Minnesota Twins, along with a note that it's time to move into the 21st century.

CMH · 05-06-2009, 11:06 PM

Yea, that was a good article.

The A's just know what they're doing.

Blzer · 05-06-2009, 11:33 PM

Plate discipline is crucially important. It allows you to dictate the outcome of your own at bat more so than the pitcher. I began idolizing Bonds' approach at one point and discovered the keys to becoming such a great hitter, one of them being hitting a pitch that you actually want to hit. If not, draw the walk or tip your hat to the pitcher for throwing two quality strikes.

In my adult league so far I have walked twice every game and at least 75% of my at bats run to three balls and/or two strikes. That makes the pitcher wear out more and I get a better sense of what he's throwing. It means everything for success IMO.

Jeff Francoeur is just an idiot, though I still root for him.

05-06-2009, 10:06 PM	#1
moe416 Rookie OVR: 11 Join Date: Aug 2002	Plate Discipline Plate discipline __________________ Life is a gamble and death's like a roll of dice. So before you shake em and throw, know the price. Lloyd Banks

05-06-2009, 10:25 PM	#2
snepp We'll waste him too. OVR: 32 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 10,008 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Plate Discipline I should forward a copy of this article to every single staff member of the Minnesota Twins, along with a note that it's time to move into the 21st century. __________________ Member of The OS Baseball Rocket Scientists Association

05-06-2009, 11:06 PM	#3
CMH Making you famous OVR: 46 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ormond Beach, FL Posts: 26,235 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Plate Discipline Yea, that was a good article. The A's just know what they're doing. __________________ "It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely gifted as athletes, are the only ones able to truly see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied. And that those who receive and act out the gift of athletic genius must, perforce, be blind and dumb about it -- and not because blindness and dumbness are the price of the gift, but because they are its essence." - David Foster Wallace "You'll not find more penny-wise/pound-foolish behavior than in Major League Baseball." - Rob Neyer

05-06-2009, 11:33 PM	#4
Blzer Resident film pundit OVR: 55 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 42,565 Blog Entries: 8	Re: Plate Discipline Plate discipline is crucially important. It allows you to dictate the outcome of your own at bat more so than the pitcher. I began idolizing Bonds' approach at one point and discovered the keys to becoming such a great hitter, one of them being hitting a pitch that you actually want to hit. If not, draw the walk or tip your hat to the pitcher for throwing two quality strikes. In my adult league so far I have walked twice every game and at least 75% of my at bats run to three balls and/or two strikes. That makes the pitcher wear out more and I get a better sense of what he's throwing. It means everything for success IMO. Jeff Francoeur is just an idiot, though I still root for him. __________________ Samsung PN60F8500 PDP / Anthem MRX 720 / Klipsch RC-62 II / Klipsch RF-82 II (x2) / Insignia NS-B2111 (x2) / SVS PC13-Ultra / SVS SB-2000 / Sony MDR-7506 Professional / Audio-Technica ATH-R70x / Sony PS3 & PS4 / DirecTV HR44-500 / DarbeeVision DVP-5000 / Panamax M5400-PM / Elgato HD60

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