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Pete Rose advice on hitting

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Pete Rose advises only 4 was of adjusting your positioning in the batter's box—moving closer, further away, up, or back—rather than changing your fundamental swing when in a slump, as these changes give more time to see the ball and control contact. He suggests moving up on curveballs, back if you're late, and away from the plate to avoid getting jammed.

He moved from pitch to pitch depending on what pitch he thought was coming. Adjust to the pitcher. Are hitters not capable of this today?
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Youboughtit wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:04 pm Pete Rose advises only 4 was of adjusting your positioning in the batter's box—moving closer, further away, up, or back—rather than changing your fundamental swing when in a slump, as these changes give more time to see the ball and control contact. He suggests moving up on curveballs, back if you're late, and away from the plate to avoid getting jammed.

He moved from pitch to pitch depending on what pitch he thought was coming. Adjust to the pitcher. Are hitters not capable of this today?
I saw that video too.
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Youboughtit wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:04 pm Pete Rose advises only 4 was of adjusting your positioning in the batter's box—moving closer, further away, up, or back—rather than changing your fundamental swing when in a slump, as these changes give more time to see the ball and control contact. He suggests moving up on curveballs, back if you're late, and away from the plate to avoid getting jammed.

He moved from pitch to pitch depending on what pitch he thought was coming. Adjust to the pitcher. Are hitters not capable of this today?
If they were, you'd see more 200 hit seasons. Not many can hit like Rose, Albert, Stan, Ted Williams, etc. Takes a special dose of talent. That's why a lot great hitters don't make great hitting coaches.
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brock118 wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:06 pm
Youboughtit wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:04 pm Pete Rose advises only 4 was of adjusting your positioning in the batter's box—moving closer, further away, up, or back—rather than changing your fundamental swing when in a slump, as these changes give more time to see the ball and control contact. He suggests moving up on curveballs, back if you're late, and away from the plate to avoid getting jammed.

He moved from pitch to pitch depending on what pitch he thought was coming. Adjust to the pitcher. Are hitters not capable of this today?
I saw that video too.
Yet when I watch Walker and Gorman I see only adjustments to the swing. Maybe they need to try this instead.
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Youboughtit wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:04 pm Pete Rose advises only 4 was of adjusting your positioning in the batter's box—moving closer, further away, up, or back—rather than changing your fundamental swing when in a slump, as these changes give more time to see the ball and control contact. He suggests moving up on curveballs, back if you're late, and away from the plate to avoid getting jammed.

He moved from pitch to pitch depending on what pitch he thought was coming. Adjust to the pitcher. Are hitters not capable of this today?
I agree to a certain point. That works if you have a nice swing if you have messed up swing then yea need to fix it. Also a large part of the problem is pitch recognition with the cards. The only way Gorman can move in order to hit is to climb up on a ladder so those high fastballs he flails at are belt high and walker can forward in the strike zone but they will just keep throwing sweepers and sliders low and away and he will keep flailing at them
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Ozziesfan41 wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:32 pm
Youboughtit wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:04 pm Pete Rose advises only 4 was of adjusting your positioning in the batter's box—moving closer, further away, up, or back—rather than changing your fundamental swing when in a slump, as these changes give more time to see the ball and control contact. He suggests moving up on curveballs, back if you're late, and away from the plate to avoid getting jammed.

He moved from pitch to pitch depending on what pitch he thought was coming. Adjust to the pitcher. Are hitters not capable of this today?
I agree to a certain point. That works if you have a nice swing if you have messed up swing then yea need to fix it. Also a large part of the problem is pitch recognition with the cards. The only way Gorman can move in order to hit is to climb up on a ladder so those high fastballs he flails at are belt high and walker can forward in the strike zone but they will just keep throwing sweepers and sliders low and away and he will keep flailing at them
Good point. I beleive Walker and Gorman should spend a HR a day not swinging a bat. In a cage you in the box with a machine throwing 4-6 different pitches and until they can successfully identify a certain amount they don’t play. Hitter that cannot see spin and location will never succeed in today’s game
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Youboughtit wrote: 24 Sep 2025 20:33 pm
Ozziesfan41 wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:32 pm
Youboughtit wrote: 24 Sep 2025 19:04 pm Pete Rose advises only 4 was of adjusting your positioning in the batter's box—moving closer, further away, up, or back—rather than changing your fundamental swing when in a slump, as these changes give more time to see the ball and control contact. He suggests moving up on curveballs, back if you're late, and away from the plate to avoid getting jammed.

He moved from pitch to pitch depending on what pitch he thought was coming. Adjust to the pitcher. Are hitters not capable of this today?
I agree to a certain point. That works if you have a nice swing if you have messed up swing then yea need to fix it. Also a large part of the problem is pitch recognition with the cards. The only way Gorman can move in order to hit is to climb up on a ladder so those high fastballs he flails at are belt high and walker can forward in the strike zone but they will just keep throwing sweepers and sliders low and away and he will keep flailing at them
Good point. I beleive Walker and Gorman should spend a HR a day not swinging a bat. In a cage you in the box with a machine throwing 4-6 different pitches and until they can successfully identify a certain amount they don’t play. Hitter that cannot see spin and location will never succeed in today’s game
That’s an interesting idea and worth a try it would be a good pitch recognition exercise not swinging just watching the spin and movement of the ball
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