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Originally Posted by ctblu40
Garth, Garth, Garth... why the hostility?
I think we can all agree that we all call the accepted or expected strike zone. This zone is different in all areas of the country and is also different at different levels of play. While I agree that in LL, the zone should be much bigger than in big boy ball, your ideas of reaction time are just plain wrong!
A 95 mph fastball is traveling 139.333 ft/sec. From a distance of 60.5 ft, the batter has about .434 seconds to react and hit the ball.
A 65 mph fastball is traveling 95.333 ft/sec. From a distance of 46 ft, the batter has about .483 seconds to react and hit the ball.
This is not the batters "reaction time" but it is the amount of time the batter has to react to the pitch.
I concede that the MLB fastball is traveling through the zone faster, but both pitches reach the zone at almost the same time, a difference of .049 seconds.
You seem to have a lot of good information to share. But you also seem to get annoyed easily when someone disagrees with you. Then you proceed to belittle and brow-beat. That's a shame.
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No hostility, just complete frustration with someone who allegedly has skill and potential but absolutely no common sense or feel for the game.
It's just a verbal slap up against the side of the head and a loud "wake up you idiot, you're supposed to better than this."
Or, maybe his mentor was mistaken. I hope not.