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Eric's avatar

Its merely an observation but I would say that as a guy who still plays baseball, the RANGE of the spray angle is partially controlled by BOTH the pitcher and batter. The pitcher and catcher work in unison to gang up on the hitter and decide the type of pitch and location and IF the pitcher can execute and hit that spot, then it will control or limit the possibilities of the what the batter can do with the ball even IF he makes solid contact, thus controlling the RANGE of the spray angle. On the other hand, if the pitcher misses his spot, or the type of pitch he chooses does not come out of the hand correctly (looking at you spinning flat cement mixer slider), IF the batter can square up a round ball with a round bat, and has certain gifts in his talent bag (such as being so big and strong, with long levers, he can virtually hook, and thus pull any pitch), why then, the batter can somewhat control the RANGE of his spray angle to a certain extent. --signed just the thoughts of a true lefty batter and pitcher :-)

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Carlos Collazo's avatar

Lefties: always fascinating!

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