re: Alabama Baseball Season Thread: Anchor This

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An offensive approach. Lawd my soul for a team full of guys who have professional at-bats

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THIS!!!!
I can't tell you the number of times I've cursed watching so many weak arse defensive ABs. Go up there with a freaking plan!!!
I coached HS for years and we used an approach called "hitting by the numbers". It taught the hitter what pitch to expect in what count. For example, never swing at a first pitch breaking ball. 0-0 count and 2-0 count look and expect "dead red" fastball. The pitcher is looking to get ahead or climb back into the count. Using this method, our team numbers average, etc. jumped by 100 points, extra base hits rose as well.
I'm looking forward to watching this team and see what Bohannon brings to the table.