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Old Thu Oct 14, 2004, 11:08pm
AtlUmpSteve AtlUmpSteve is offline
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When tracking, the ball becomes the point of focus, and the bat movement is only seen with peripheral vision. When it is obvious, it is obvious. An inside pitch belt high gives a great view of the bat and movement. But a curve ball or a curve drop on the outside corner, tracked to the glove, makes a partial bat movement difficult to judge effectively. Personally, I track the ball, and give my best concentration to getting the ball/strike call as right as I can, knowing I am giving up the bat movement as a trade off. After all, I can and should get help on the swing, not on the ball/strike call.

That is my point; if it came across differently, sorry.
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