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Another first-order insight that I haven't seen before. Would be interested in seeing research on it.
Makes sense on many levels, starting with the fact that if a high % of swings are putting the ball into play, then the counts don't go deep. Think Ichiro.
Also, there's the idea of seeing the ball great, and attacking as soon as you see a pitch you like (which is a lot of them).
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Blowers mentioned this last night: that Carp had been attacking pitchers early in the count, and had gotten away from it a bit.
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Am going to watch for this idea.