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| 2-3 years ago, I was really, really comfortable in the slot, but I felt I was losing [thus guessing] too many outside pitches, so I experimented. The "new" system, for me, is almost like sitting in an armchair and watching the balls and strikes on a TV screen. |
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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA
Mick,
If you were in the slot and not seeing the outside pitches, is it possible you were not set up in a heel-toe, toe-heel position?
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Hi Mike,
I felt that I was seeing the pitches just great! I could see the pop into the mitt.
I was in tight and up close... just shy of personal.
What I was uncomfortable with was the pitch location on the edge of my outside zone, particularly the letter high, breaking-away ball, but generally all the strikes in my outside zone.
By setting higher and deeper, that outside zone opened-up for me, in large part because my nose [now lined up with the inside edge of the plate, regardless of the catcher] was easily 6" closer to the outside zone, and I could clearly see the pitcher's release (to track the ball) without any visual blocking by a wiggly batter or antsy catcher.
mick