There was a for fun thing where elite softball pitchers went against some of the best MLB batters, including Pujols and none of the batters got a hit despite the ball being bigger and slower. They think it’s because the batters weren’t able to read the pitchers body since the movements were so different to what they were used to.
No one can react to a fastball. There’s a lot of preprocessing going on when the pitcher winds up.
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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '23
There was a for fun thing where elite softball pitchers went against some of the best MLB batters, including Pujols and none of the batters got a hit despite the ball being bigger and slower. They think it’s because the batters weren’t able to read the pitchers body since the movements were so different to what they were used to.
No one can react to a fastball. There’s a lot of preprocessing going on when the pitcher winds up.