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Re: how far away from the home plate is the ball when MLB hitters start the swing?

Posted by: jerry 220 hitter () on Sat Jul 23 16:15:51 2011

> Hi Dominik.In his book mike epstien writes generally speaking though if the pitch is perceived as a good pitch to hit, the front heel will drop when the pitch is approximately 15 ft from home plate.however the batter can still drop the heel and hold off his swing at the last moment if the pitch works it way out of the strike zone.

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> > Hi Dominik.In his book mike epstien writes generally speaking though if the pitch is perceived as a good pitch to hit, the front heel will drop when the pitch is approximately 15 ft from home plate.however the batter can still drop the heel and hold off his swing at the last moment if the pitch works it way out of the strike zone.

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