Posted by: () on Mon Oct 14 00:58:28 2002

Too All,
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> I often read about what hitting coaches with Major League teams have to say. I read alot about the New York Yankee's hitting coaches. Butf, I have some questions.
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> If NYY hitting coaches know what they are talking about, why do they buy good hitters, like Giambi and others, when they could create them for a lot less money?
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> If big league hitting coaches know what they are talking about, why so 80% of big league hitters have averages under 275?
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> Why do most of the players who go from the minors to the pros find themselves hitting worse? I know that the pitching is better, but the coaching is too, isn't it?
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> Let’s say you own a big league team and you had a hitting coach who knew what he is doing. Where you would you put him, with the major league team or the minor league team? Think about it.
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> S. Procito
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S. Procito
I suppose that college baseball coaches are very overated also. I mean, I see players batting .500 and .600 at the high school level, but their batting averages seem to drop when they get to college. The pitching is better, but shouldn't the coaches be too?