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From time to time, ESPN will show 2 different camera angles that 1) reveal up and down and 2) outside corner.
1) Camera angle is perpendicular/facing the batter. You can judge whether the ball is below, at or above the knees but then have to figure where they are at in relation to the plate.
2) From behind the backstop. I have seen this angle on outside pitches only. IMO you can tell from the blur of the ball's path whether it passed over the plate.
Do they miss pitches? Yup. We all do. Do they miss more when there are two strikes? Hard to tell. But this is the pitch that you should not miss IMO.
As a vet stated, at the NCAA level, the ball should at least nick the plate (my understanding of what I read). Two inches outside should be a ball not a strike at that level.
And if you are really good like some, a sliver outside, a 1/4", is a ball.
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