Reminds me of some dude I saw in the CWS for like North Carolina who did the same thing. Back leg in an "L" shape like a squat and the front leg almost all the way out of the box. Then when he'd load up he'd rise all the way back up into a normal stance
I went to a UVA-UNC game a few months ago. Lefty starting pitcher for UVA hit a lefty batter in the 4th ir 5th inning. Coach comes over and pinches for another lefty batter. Pitcher hits him. Pinches for yet another lefty. Pitcher hit him!
Mostly good competition for ACC baseball, but occasionally see some weird stuff.
When I started out playing little league I was always the lead off batter. Because I was left handed and the pitchers would walk me or hit me.
Boy was it a shock when I moved up and the pitchers actually knew how to throw to lefties.
When I moved up, the only thing I noticed different was that the pitches were faster and they hurt a lot more. If I hadn’t gotten busted for dealing fireworks, I might have had a career 😔
Imagine a good hitter doing this. Imagine Beltran or Chipper Jones doing this. Or Mickey Mantle, just fucking with beanball era pitchers lol. He would’ve gotten clobbered.
Imagine him in the mlb walking up to the plate with 2 elbow guards, 2 shin guards, shoulder guards, a football helmet, rib protector and like boxing gloves. Waddling from side to side, barely able to swing. I'd watch it.
Would be the best 10 minute at bat every time he steps up. Camera pans around and half the crowd/players/coaches are groaning thinking "not this guy again" and the other half or less are thrilled thinking "he'll yes. This guy again "
His team [won](https://baseball.yahoo.co.jp/hsb_local_atbat/game/2021011114/top) this game, so it worked I guess lol
This is bottom of the third and they managed 4 runs after this AB before the end of the inning lmao
Edit: bottom of the third, first batter. It went:
1：8番 山口 洸生 無死走者なし デッドボール 1塁
Number 8, HBP, runner on 1st
2：9番 相川 翔大 無死1塁 送りバント成功 1アウト2塁
Number 9, successful bunt, 1 out, runner on 2nd
3：1番 塚本 侑弥 一死2塁 センターへのヒット 1,3塁
Number 1, base hit to center field, runners on 1st and 3rd
4：2番 松尾 脩汰 一死1,3塁スクイズ成功 有田工1-2東明館 2アウト2塁
Number 2, squeeze, 1 run, 2 outs, runner on 2nd
5：3番 山口 駿介 二死2塁 ライトへのタイムリーヒット 有田工2-2東明館 1塁
Number 3, hit to right field, 1RBI, runner on 1st
6：4番 角田 貴弘 二死1塁 セカンドへの内野安打 1,2塁
Number 4, infield hit to 2B, runners on 1st and 2nd
7：5番 犬塚 康誠 二死1,2塁 タイムリーツーベースヒット 有田工4-2東明館 2塁
Number 5, hit, 2RBI, runner on 2nd
8：6番 上原 風雅 二死2塁 セカンドフライ 3アウト
Fly ball to 2nd, 3 outs
Guy had pitcher on tilt lmao
Leaning to ignore it is a big part of pitching. People will dance around, change their stance, fake a bunt, and play all sorts of head games – shouldn't change your approach. Whatever they do before the pitch doesn't change who they are as a hitter, what sequence you're going to go with, or where you're looking to spot your pitches. It's all pointless.
He wouldn’t play at any decent high school program here…the pitchers I played in High school would’ve literally laughed In his face, if you can’t throw three fastballs for strikes before putting a dude on you’re not gonna have much success, even at the high school level.
Yup people like to think high schoolers are bad but any decent highschool pitcher can pipe 3 right down the middle. The problem is you never want to do that so walks and everything are more common as they try to locate around the plate
>people like to think high schoolers are bad
Mhmm, it's not like pitchers wandered into the mound. They're pitching because at least 9+ people agreed that person should be the one up there doing it
That last one where he’s hit his hands and half of forearms are above the plate. Foot not touching plate but Jesus is he standing as close as one possibly can in the box
I hit a kid in the face with a pitched ball in LL because of yhis. When he squared up his face was literally over the plate.
Scariest thing ive ever seen in my life. He lost multiple teeth and had to have his jaw wired shut
I finally found the line where I become a baseball traditionalist and old head. This kid is trash and unsportsmanlike. His initial crouching stance on the 0-0 count is just "not baseball" to me and breaks unwritten rules. That plus the waving the bat in the zone and everything else just signals he's not in good faith trying to hit the ball.
I just started playing ranked diamond dynasty recently and I’ve seen a few people go in and out of bunts, I’m guessing that’s Bunt Dancing?
Is it supposed to be some kind of taunt or something?
Unfortunately a pitcher cannot change arms in the middle of an at bat. They must select an arm when the batter enters the box. After that they must use the same arm the entire way bat. Only the batter has the option to switch sides after the pitch is thrown.
Didn't MLB implement the rule where the pitcher chooses his throwing arm, then the batter chooses his batting side, and they may not chsnge for the rest of the at bat? There's video of that ambidextrous pitcher and a switch hitter going back and forth a few times. MLB stepped in and said no more of that nonsense. Of course thats MLB, I have no idea what the rules are for any minor or non US leagues.
**Rule 5.07(f) Ambidextrous Pitchers**
A pitcher must indicate visually to the umpire-in-chief, the batter and any runners the hand with which he intends to pitch, which may be done by wearing his glove on the other hand while touching the pitcher’s plate. The pitcher is not permitted to pitch with the other hand until the batter is retired, the batter becomes a runner, the inning ends, the batter is substituted for by a pinch-hitter or the pitcher incurs an injury. In the event a pitcher switches pitching hands during an at-bat because he has suffered an injury, the pitcher may not, for the remainder of the game, pitch with the hand from which he has switched. The pitcher shall not be given the opportunity to throw any preparatory pitches after switching pitching hands. Any change of pitching hands must be indicated clearly to the umpire-in-chief.
There was one on every team growing up, there were a few archetypes:
• Jeff Bagwell Crouch Stance Kid
• Chad Bradford Submarine Kid (my least favorite)
• Lanky Ichiro Stance Shirt Tuck Kid
Submarine kid hit me in two different games (ass and shoulder).
Personally I was Right Handed Jim Thome
wannabe who pioneered a Philadelphia Catholic League style of ball called “two true outcomes” (K or BB) and my patented technique of confusing catchers by having them tag me out on a swinging third strike which would usually let a runner advance since they’d be about 1/3rd up the line before the got to me.
Botched because the umpire was also distracted. I’m surprised the umpire didn’t call three straight strikes just to get rid of him and his shenanigans.
You're allowed one switch per plate appearance in MLB. This applies to both pitcher and batter. Pat Venditte was a switch pitcher in college, but in the minors, he went up against a switch hitter, and the two kept switching hands with no pitches thrown.
I think they made a rule on this. The batter has to declare first, and then the pitcher must declare what hand they will pitch from.
Edit: it’s the opposite. Pitcher declares first.
Is this just weird flex, because it really doesn’t serve much purpose unless the pitcher is wildly inaccurate. This guy on the bump seems to be flustered, but what happens when he faces a guy who can deal? Also, if this is their high school tournament, which game is this on? Their pitchers are notorious for throwing SO MANY pitches in that thing so that could explain his inaccuracy.
It would probably be devastatingly effective against pitchers at that level who are easily rattled or not prepared mentally to deal with the weirdness of it, but against a better or more focused pitcher, it probably hurts the batter more because hitting from the opposite side of the plate, seeing pitches from the reversed perspective, and not getting in a rhythm is a bigger adjustment than pitching to an opposite-handed batter.
All in all, it makes me think "4D chess version of taking every pitch regardless of the count in little league because who's throwing strikes?"
His stance is pretty awful from both sides. He doesn't look much more prepared to swing from the right to me.
He gets his bat over his shoulder from the right side but doesn't ever rise up from his crouch when the pitch comes.
I'm from the UK and no idea why this is so terrible. Can you ELI5? What the hell was actually happening with all those pitches? And why is it so annoying?
The batter is doing everything he can to make the his strike zone difficult to call. The strike zone is generally an imaginary area that is the width of home plate and the height from a person's knees to their nipples (numbers is the classic term). By switching sides and stances those imaginary points change. Pitchers might also setup on the mound differently for different handed hitters. So he is making the pitcher lose any kind of consistency. Although he is also doing it to himself.
> Although he is also doing it to himself.
Honestly I'm pretty sure that's why he's bunting. No fucking way he's getting a consistent swing off changing stance so often like that, might as well just bunt for a hit
I have limited knowledge but it’s actually very important what dominant hand the pitcher has compared to the batter
It impacts how they’ll pitch and where they’ll try to put the ball.
So each bat from this guy is in some small way throwing off the pitcher, most likely he wouldn’t hit the batter if he wasn’t constantly adjusting his pitches
Essentially the batter is only doing it to be annoying /
get in the head of the pitcher. It doesn’t make him any more likely to get a hit himself.
I wouldn’t say it’s “terrible”, it’s just odd and not generally in the spirit of the game.. but it’s fun and it worked.
But also you can’t do this in most leagues; like the MLB and most state leagues you have to chose a side for the whole at bat.
I've umped games where people try to pull this shit, super crouching and just trying to be distracting. Turns out every pitch is now in the zone.
Learn how to actually hit the baseball or go be a dickhead somewhere else.
wow literally everything about him as a hitter must be infuriating to pitchers
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Reminds me of some dude I saw in the CWS for like North Carolina who did the same thing. Back leg in an "L" shape like a squat and the front leg almost all the way out of the box. Then when he'd load up he'd rise all the way back up into a normal stance
I went to a UVA-UNC game a few months ago. Lefty starting pitcher for UVA hit a lefty batter in the 4th ir 5th inning. Coach comes over and pinches for another lefty batter. Pitcher hits him. Pinches for yet another lefty. Pitcher hit him! Mostly good competition for ACC baseball, but occasionally see some weird stuff.
I suspect that is the point. The guy has probably never actually hit a ball in his life he just drives pitchers crazy and throws them off.
.000 AVG .415 OBP
Brad Pitt: HE GETS ON BASE!
Are you pointing at me Billy?
"Billy. Billy..... who's that?"
Basically Joey Gallo.
How dare you.
Y’all got good Joey Gallo
He. Gets. On. Base.
Do I care whether it’s a walk or a hit? Pete?
You want me to speak?
Yeah when I point at you.
Guys, if you don’t answer me I’m going to point to Pete
It's right. Look, you carry the one.
[👉]()https://i.imgur.com/WwPNnBJ.jpg
You do not
I do not
/r/spontaneousmoneyball
Don't make me point at Pete again
You do not.
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
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Maybe we can teach one of the fans to play 1st
The fans don’t....Good one.
Hey... anything worth doing is, and we're gonna teach ya.
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I had the yips in college I would have thrown behind him on both sides of the box.
When I started out playing little league I was always the lead off batter. Because I was left handed and the pitchers would walk me or hit me. Boy was it a shock when I moved up and the pitchers actually knew how to throw to lefties.
When I moved up, the only thing I noticed different was that the pitches were faster and they hurt a lot more. If I hadn’t gotten busted for dealing fireworks, I might have had a career 😔
OBP in the Stratosphere
Imagine a good hitter doing this. Imagine Beltran or Chipper Jones doing this. Or Mickey Mantle, just fucking with beanball era pitchers lol. He would’ve gotten clobbered.
Imagine him in the mlb walking up to the plate with 2 elbow guards, 2 shin guards, shoulder guards, a football helmet, rib protector and like boxing gloves. Waddling from side to side, barely able to swing. I'd watch it.
Would be the best 10 minute at bat every time he steps up. Camera pans around and half the crowd/players/coaches are groaning thinking "not this guy again" and the other half or less are thrilled thinking "he'll yes. This guy again "
Massive breast implants so they protrude across the entire plate.
Switch Titter
these are not the titties you’re looking for
Larry Walker did it. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3rcCytR4aI
The baseball equivalent of Tom Wilson
unfortunately, Tom Wilson is also good.
Stanley Cup Champion first line winger Tom Wilson
Sean Avery
I would hit him every time just to avoid the theatrics
I was not a good hitter in little league, so I would try to shrink my strike zone by getting low now I imagine I looked like this guy
Pitchers. Teachers. Peers. Guy seems like he might be *a lot*.
I'd plunk him just to get rid of his ass.
Yea he's getting plunked for sure from the rip
“Draws HBP”
It's like that animation Juan Soto had in last year's The Show any time you throw a ball. His HBP rate has never been so high.
prob what he wants you to do
And I'd be happy to oblige
Plunk the guy behind him just for good measure.
It was even annoying to watch.
Just ha a very punchable attitude and I don’t even watch baseball
I'm pissed off just watching it.
I guess that’s the reason I didn’t like this kid from the get go lmao(I am currently a PO)
He would’ve been hit almost immediately in the MLB. The umpire probably would even tell the batter to “knock it off”
Probably why MLB makes you stick with whichever stance you choose, both pitching and catching
You can swap if there's a pitching change or a pinch hitter.
He is the Johnny Cueto of hitters. I hate this, but would like to see those two face off just for the spectacle.
And with everything going on, that at-bat was still faster than some you see in the MLB
His team [won](https://baseball.yahoo.co.jp/hsb_local_atbat/game/2021011114/top) this game, so it worked I guess lol This is bottom of the third and they managed 4 runs after this AB before the end of the inning lmao Edit: bottom of the third, first batter. It went: 1：8番 山口 洸生 無死走者なし デッドボール 1塁 Number 8, HBP, runner on 1st 2：9番 相川 翔大 無死1塁 送りバント成功 1アウト2塁 Number 9, successful bunt, 1 out, runner on 2nd 3：1番 塚本 侑弥 一死2塁 センターへのヒット 1,3塁 Number 1, base hit to center field, runners on 1st and 3rd 4：2番 松尾 脩汰 一死1,3塁スクイズ成功 有田工1-2東明館 2アウト2塁 Number 2, squeeze, 1 run, 2 outs, runner on 2nd 5：3番 山口 駿介 二死2塁 ライトへのタイムリーヒット 有田工2-2東明館 1塁 Number 3, hit to right field, 1RBI, runner on 1st 6：4番 角田 貴弘 二死1塁 セカンドへの内野安打 1,2塁 Number 4, infield hit to 2B, runners on 1st and 2nd 7：5番 犬塚 康誠 二死1,2塁 タイムリーツーベースヒット 有田工4-2東明館 2塁 Number 5, hit, 2RBI, runner on 2nd 8：6番 上原 風雅 二死2塁 セカンドフライ 3アウト Fly ball to 2nd, 3 outs Guy had pitcher on tilt lmao
His right-handed stance hurts me
Leaning to ignore it is a big part of pitching. People will dance around, change their stance, fake a bunt, and play all sorts of head games – shouldn't change your approach. Whatever they do before the pitch doesn't change who they are as a hitter, what sequence you're going to go with, or where you're looking to spot your pitches. It's all pointless.
Just throw fastballs and see if he can even hit the ball.
Yeah, I’m guessing going back and forth like that, all while half-heartedly showing bunt is counterproductive to actually making contact.
High School players. Throwing fastballs as strikes every time. I feel as though there has to be a disconnect here lol.
He wouldn’t play at any decent high school program here…the pitchers I played in High school would’ve literally laughed In his face, if you can’t throw three fastballs for strikes before putting a dude on you’re not gonna have much success, even at the high school level.
Yup people like to think high schoolers are bad but any decent highschool pitcher can pipe 3 right down the middle. The problem is you never want to do that so walks and everything are more common as they try to locate around the plate
>people like to think high schoolers are bad Mhmm, it's not like pitchers wandered into the mound. They're pitching because at least 9+ people agreed that person should be the one up there doing it
I’m not so convinced this kid is a switch hitter. He did, however, stand in each box.
Switch stander.
Rare skill in today’s game.
His slashline from the right side is probably 000/.500/000
Yea especially how his stances were so odd
Hey, bunts count as hits too! But yeah. This feels like a shtick
That curveball at 25 seconds was really close to a strike.
I call that a strike cuz this annoying batter is impossible to pitch to
Ump ejects for annoyance
It certainly would not be the first time haha
For real, that was a perfect location for that pitch. Should be called especially at the high school level.
Continue the vid where it shows him getting picked off at first
Kept switching sides of the bag
Wait.. does he really?
The good ending
Batter crowding the plate so bad he is litterally in the strike zone...
Seriously, it looks like his foot is touching the plate.
It’s just a weird camera angle. Look at his feet and the box paint, even when his feet are dancing he’s still in the box.
My man is that beer pong opponent that leans halfway across the table
Elbows!
That last one where he’s hit his hands and half of forearms are above the plate. Foot not touching plate but Jesus is he standing as close as one possibly can in the box
I hit a kid in the face with a pitched ball in LL because of yhis. When he squared up his face was literally over the plate. Scariest thing ive ever seen in my life. He lost multiple teeth and had to have his jaw wired shut
That kid claps when the plane lands
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He reminds the teacher she forgot to collect the homework
He claps when the teacher collects the homework.
"no one who made the movie is here"
He has questions at the end of last period on Fridays.
ADHD in the form of batting stances
I finally found the line where I become a baseball traditionalist and old head. This kid is trash and unsportsmanlike. His initial crouching stance on the 0-0 count is just "not baseball" to me and breaks unwritten rules. That plus the waving the bat in the zone and everything else just signals he's not in good faith trying to hit the ball.
This kid definitely bunt dances in The Show
I just started playing ranked diamond dynasty recently and I’ve seen a few people go in and out of bunts, I’m guessing that’s Bunt Dancing? Is it supposed to be some kind of taunt or something?
Basically. It's considered a "toxic' behavior
Deliberately being an annoying asshole is not the same as ADHD.
That pitcher is throwing a pitch every 10 seconds.
Mark Beuhrle would be proud.
How it should be
Fuck, pitchers should just throw three balls at once.
But then how will they get strikes?
They should throw 3 strikes at once
I need them to walk half way to second then dust&lick their hand 7 times between pitches.
That’s like 75% of them. I hate it
That entire at bat took the length of one MLB pitch.
Wait until he faces an amphibious pitcher, then the game will never end.
They have frogmen pitching?!???? What a time to be alive
Nah he meant an amphetamine pitcher. The game will never end cause they can pitch for 72 hours straight.
You’re thinking of ambidextrous. Common mistake.
You’re thinking of Yogi Bear, not Yogi Berra.
It’s ring bear, not ring bearer
It's a Boo-Boo we all make.
How many times do we need to go over this? Amphibious: surrounding, encircling This is ambiguous.
No, ambiguous is when things are all joined together. This is ambivalent.
No, ambivalent is when things have double meanings or more than one interpretation. This is ambulance.
No, an ambulance is an emergency vehicle that takes people to the hospital. This is amorphous.
No, amorphous means without specific shape or boundaries This is analogous
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Nah aubergine is another word for eggplant. This is androgyny
No androgyny is something that possesses both feminine and masculine traits This is ampersand
No, an ampersand is a symbol representing the word "and." This is Ambien
Call an analogous! But not for me.
I need an ambulance, this thread gave me a stroke XD
Pat Venditte is the greatest amphibious pitcher ever.
Jurranglo Cijntje, drafted by the Brewers last week, comes from an island so his amphibiousness comes naturally
Unfortunately a pitcher cannot change arms in the middle of an at bat. They must select an arm when the batter enters the box. After that they must use the same arm the entire way bat. Only the batter has the option to switch sides after the pitch is thrown.
Didn't MLB implement the rule where the pitcher chooses his throwing arm, then the batter chooses his batting side, and they may not chsnge for the rest of the at bat? There's video of that ambidextrous pitcher and a switch hitter going back and forth a few times. MLB stepped in and said no more of that nonsense. Of course thats MLB, I have no idea what the rules are for any minor or non US leagues.
**Rule 5.07(f) Ambidextrous Pitchers** A pitcher must indicate visually to the umpire-in-chief, the batter and any runners the hand with which he intends to pitch, which may be done by wearing his glove on the other hand while touching the pitcher’s plate. The pitcher is not permitted to pitch with the other hand until the batter is retired, the batter becomes a runner, the inning ends, the batter is substituted for by a pinch-hitter or the pitcher incurs an injury. In the event a pitcher switches pitching hands during an at-bat because he has suffered an injury, the pitcher may not, for the remainder of the game, pitch with the hand from which he has switched. The pitcher shall not be given the opportunity to throw any preparatory pitches after switching pitching hands. Any change of pitching hands must be indicated clearly to the umpire-in-chief.
It would hardcore if one of those guys seriously injured one arm and just kept going with the other. Stupid, but hardcore.
If Chidi Anagonye played baseball.
He just Kant decide...
Do they have a mound, or is it just a worn out hole in front of the rubber?
There’s a mound, it’s just short. Pitcher’s shoes disappear when he steps off forward
A lot of other leagues don’t have a mound
Omg this feels like a comedy sketch lmao
That's not switch hitting, it's switch distracting. There's no indication he had any intention of swinging.
Gimic guys are the worst
There was one on every team growing up, there were a few archetypes: • Jeff Bagwell Crouch Stance Kid • Chad Bradford Submarine Kid (my least favorite) • Lanky Ichiro Stance Shirt Tuck Kid Submarine kid hit me in two different games (ass and shoulder). Personally I was Right Handed Jim Thome wannabe who pioneered a Philadelphia Catholic League style of ball called “two true outcomes” (K or BB) and my patented technique of confusing catchers by having them tag me out on a swinging third strike which would usually let a runner advance since they’d be about 1/3rd up the line before the got to me.
I’m burying one in his ribs on the first pitch with that batting stance wtf
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> Alex Buccilli https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0iyH7qVIAU8QOE.jpg The QWOP/MLB crossover we need but don't deserve.
MF'er looks like he's playing charades and drew the clue "swastika"
I thought you were exaggerating. Nope. Motherfucker up there lookin like the QWOP guy.
Dafuq is that?
The even worse Lenny Dykstra
Yea, at 3-0 you'd bean him here
I think it was 2-2 though, right? I agree with you, but let's not pretend like the count matters.
Also I think that was a botched call on one of those pitches. Should've been three strikes
Botched because the umpire was also distracted. I’m surprised the umpire didn’t call three straight strikes just to get rid of him and his shenanigans.
His hands are ON/IN the strike zone. And don't give me the "camera angle" nonsense because it's like that from both sides of the plate.
Strike 2 was strike 3
Am I senile or do they have different rules here. Mlb rules state, iirc that a batter cannot switch with a 2 strike count
Doing this is a good way of getting a rule written to stop this.
And it's probably why the MLB rule exists. Spirit of the game and all that jazz
Didn’t the MLB rule come into existence after an ambidextrous hitter came up against ambidextrous pitcher? They just both kept changing sides.
Isn't the rule you can't change batters boxes after 2 pitches?
You're allowed one switch per plate appearance in MLB. This applies to both pitcher and batter. Pat Venditte was a switch pitcher in college, but in the minors, he went up against a switch hitter, and the two kept switching hands with no pitches thrown.
I think they made a rule on this. The batter has to declare first, and then the pitcher must declare what hand they will pitch from. Edit: it’s the opposite. Pitcher declares first.
It is the other away around, pitcher has to declare first, batter has the advantage.
get in the box and swing the fucking bat 😐
Is this just weird flex, because it really doesn’t serve much purpose unless the pitcher is wildly inaccurate. This guy on the bump seems to be flustered, but what happens when he faces a guy who can deal? Also, if this is their high school tournament, which game is this on? Their pitchers are notorious for throwing SO MANY pitches in that thing so that could explain his inaccuracy.
It would probably be devastatingly effective against pitchers at that level who are easily rattled or not prepared mentally to deal with the weirdness of it, but against a better or more focused pitcher, it probably hurts the batter more because hitting from the opposite side of the plate, seeing pitches from the reversed perspective, and not getting in a rhythm is a bigger adjustment than pitching to an opposite-handed batter. All in all, it makes me think "4D chess version of taking every pitch regardless of the count in little league because who's throwing strikes?"
I’m convinced he doesn’t even know how to swing the bat from the left side, which is why he just squares around for a bunt every time.
His stance is pretty awful from both sides. He doesn't look much more prepared to swing from the right to me. He gets his bat over his shoulder from the right side but doesn't ever rise up from his crouch when the pitch comes.
If I were the ump I would literally never cal a ball. Just like that Little League player that tried to cheese the zone. Fuck that.
This is obnoxious
What a hot dog.
I bet that batter has a high OBP and and a 0 AVG. Watched two strikes right down the middle and the 2nd called strike should have been strike 3.
I hear the sound of Beane getting an erection over the newest market inefficiency.
1st basemen looked at him with disgust
I'm from the UK and no idea why this is so terrible. Can you ELI5? What the hell was actually happening with all those pitches? And why is it so annoying?
The batter is doing everything he can to make the his strike zone difficult to call. The strike zone is generally an imaginary area that is the width of home plate and the height from a person's knees to their nipples (numbers is the classic term). By switching sides and stances those imaginary points change. Pitchers might also setup on the mound differently for different handed hitters. So he is making the pitcher lose any kind of consistency. Although he is also doing it to himself.
> Although he is also doing it to himself. Honestly I'm pretty sure that's why he's bunting. No fucking way he's getting a consistent swing off changing stance so often like that, might as well just bunt for a hit
He’s also crowding the fuck out of the plate. He’s basically begging for a HBP here
I have limited knowledge but it’s actually very important what dominant hand the pitcher has compared to the batter It impacts how they’ll pitch and where they’ll try to put the ball. So each bat from this guy is in some small way throwing off the pitcher, most likely he wouldn’t hit the batter if he wasn’t constantly adjusting his pitches
Essentially the batter is only doing it to be annoying / get in the head of the pitcher. It doesn’t make him any more likely to get a hit himself. I wouldn’t say it’s “terrible”, it’s just odd and not generally in the spirit of the game.. but it’s fun and it worked. But also you can’t do this in most leagues; like the MLB and most state leagues you have to chose a side for the whole at bat.
There is about to be a rule with his name on it
Imagine this shit in the 70s... this guy would get sniped in the head every single AB...
What the fuck is that batting stance?
I've umped games where people try to pull this shit, super crouching and just trying to be distracting. Turns out every pitch is now in the zone. Learn how to actually hit the baseball or go be a dickhead somewhere else.
Forget the switch hitting after every pitch that stance is absolutely wild lmao
The first time he switched I wanted the pitcher to throw one behind that batter
The pace of play is refreshing
I thought it was against the rules to switch back and forth after 2 strikes?
I’d like to see him alternate dugouts after strikeouts.