Left Handed Hitters Approaching Left Handed Pitchers

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  • @Bc232klm
    @Bc232klm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I could hear these guys talk about hitting forever.

  • @ednelson2501
    @ednelson2501 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I think that with 65 - 75 % being right handed players. A right handed player will get used to right handed pitching quicker than; a left handed hitter facing a lefty pitcher. Using myself as a reference, In little league and high school. I faced alot of rightys. I had trouble pitching against alot of leftys because i didnt see them all that often.

    • @David-fr4mb
      @David-fr4mb 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I have the same issue, I always felt like I was gonna hit them

    • @tylerlynch4119
      @tylerlynch4119 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      being a lefty i didn't have to learn how to hang in on a curve until way late because i only had one lefty pitcher i would face on a regular basis. it goes both ways for hitters and pitchers.

    • @dracorubrum892
      @dracorubrum892 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I had the same problem, but for reason in my state of California I’m seeing an increase in right handlers hitting lefty

    • @tylerlynch4119
      @tylerlynch4119 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Draco Rubrum we'll take it back 15 years to when I was playing and not many righty's would cross over. Especially in rural Ohio! (Very small schools)

    • @JimKimTheIdeaHunters
      @JimKimTheIdeaHunters 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Makes a lot of sense!

  • @Tu_Padre31
    @Tu_Padre31 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    man, kershaw's numbers are ridiculous

  • @butterthyme2241
    @butterthyme2241 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Al has the most wonderful frantic energy

    • @fredcasdensworld
      @fredcasdensworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Left handed pitchers are weird like that

  • @glevy17
    @glevy17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man I loved when thome was here in philly. Great hitter and a great human being.

  • @Kknise3
    @Kknise3 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thome is great! Case is too, these guys are classy and know their stuff

  • @vizon-aryproductions6191
    @vizon-aryproductions6191 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m a true lefty , and I loved hitting against other lefties in college. It’s easier to read the ball, maybe because I was a pitcher in highschool * and moved to RF in college.

  • @seandafny
    @seandafny 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So fun to learn new aspects of sports. Its always something so subtle but so great

  • @seandafny
    @seandafny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So interesting man i love it. Can watch content like this all day

  • @MrJking065
    @MrJking065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thome and Pedo are the 2 best at explaing their craft.I think Chipper Jones said the reason he learned to switch hit was because of left handed pitching.

  • @allenamini5376
    @allenamini5376 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It has a lot to do with pitchers you commonly see. I’m a leftie and most of my friends growing up were lefties...we hit against each other and when I got into Little League, as a left handed hitter, I was way more comfortable against left handed pitchers. For me, the righties’ fastball would tail away. This continued up through high school.

  • @DosK5495
    @DosK5495 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another fantastic video, I love this stuff

  • @gothard5
    @gothard5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is fascinating to me.

  • @allenamini5376
    @allenamini5376 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I grew up with most of my friends being lefties along with myself...unlike most hitters, as a left hand hitter I preferred to hit left handed pitchers and struggled more against righties...especially fastballs that would tail.

    • @HkFinn83
      @HkFinn83 ปีที่แล้ว

      That makes sense because a lot of sport is about what you grew up doing a lot as a kid.

  • @scottgh8285
    @scottgh8285 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seems LHP pitching motion to LHB is a looping throw that almost appears to originate from behind the batter. Open stance gives the LHB a much better line of sight. It allows a batter to see the ball better. I think that a guy still needs to stand far enough away from the plate so the meat of the bat covers the plate, and extends maybe an inch or two across the right side of the plate.

  • @Il_Exile_lI
    @Il_Exile_lI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting hearing both of these guys talk about facing lefties, especially considering their career performances against lefties. Thome was pretty bad against lefties. His average was 50 points lower against lefties and his slugging was almost 200 points lower. Casey, on the other hand, hit .291 against lefties in his career. Slightly worse than against righties, but he certainly held his own.

  • @GoHerd2001
    @GoHerd2001 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Mayor & Thome is good TV

  • @genenile6737
    @genenile6737 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a leftie hitter I can see the ball slightly earlier on a LHP

    • @MGillDesign
      @MGillDesign 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad you said that. It irks me that MLB managers play this righty-lefty thing. It puts a complex in these young hitters heads, that they "can't" hit lefty pitchers. Good hitting is good hitting, whether the pitcher is left or right handed.

  • @bananaman9572
    @bananaman9572 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Right handed but i hit left its as easy as right for whatever reason

  • @JoeBrownCrownRoyal
    @JoeBrownCrownRoyal ปีที่แล้ว

    he said he opened me up and cleared my hips…

  • @fdannn6926
    @fdannn6926 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a right handed person when it comes to things like writing but when it comes to sports may it be baseball, hockey, golf etc hold the stick/bat/club and swing left handed for some reason..is this common?

    • @Matt-pv9lr
      @Matt-pv9lr 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      F Dannn Well it's not too common im the same as you, there is only one other kid on my team that is the same. When facing other teams, we see usually atmost 1 kid the same

    • @HkFinn83
      @HkFinn83 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, look at all the left handed hitters who throw right handed, most of them actually

  • @flyingdutch9818
    @flyingdutch9818 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The aim is to get to first; you look at the majority of leftie hitters and they turn their hips WAY MORE than righties.
    As an old lefty pitcher i can attest lefty batters are way more susceptible to the outside slider or inside change-upcos they commit their hips earlier. Why? Cos their in the habit of turning to run earlier

    • @seandafny
      @seandafny 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is so intuitive

    • @HkFinn83
      @HkFinn83 ปีที่แล้ว

      It might also be to do with the fact most left handed hitters are actually right handed people, and that dominant front side of the body can take over too much

  • @Scrapla1
    @Scrapla1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm a righty but bat lefty, play hockey lefty etc etc

  • @phongvong8639
    @phongvong8639 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you professionals there? How are you?

  • @Eskeletor_210
    @Eskeletor_210 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always got beaned when the righties would pitch to me

  • @ShoeAlmighty
    @ShoeAlmighty 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this ended too early!!!

  • @thanosmaster-abel559
    @thanosmaster-abel559 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im right handed yet swing like as if im left handed

    • @mikethegoat_yt2189
      @mikethegoat_yt2189 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Abel Aguirre that makes...no sense

    • @Matt-pv9lr
      @Matt-pv9lr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Abel Aguirre I'm the same if your saying u bat lefty

    • @freddycalipari4242
      @freddycalipari4242 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ken Griffey is the same way

    • @mbdg6810
      @mbdg6810 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sometimes its weird but yeah right handers use left box most of the time lol

  • @HylianSidekick
    @HylianSidekick 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is absurd. There are decades and decades of proof that hitters are worse against same handed pitchers, period.

  • @bigluisjayrogan
    @bigluisjayrogan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do they touch each other so much

  • @scottodonahoe9505
    @scottodonahoe9505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A lefty never bothered me . I,m a lefty and always figured it just a pitch . You guy's over complicate things !

    • @bennnysackett33
      @bennnysackett33 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scott O,Donahoe what’s the highest level you played?

    • @jackmills5071
      @jackmills5071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@bennnysackett33 I played half a season in 2nd grade, only managed to hit one foul ball, and i didnt even know the rules. I'm pretty sure I'm an expert.

    • @abrahamterry9445
      @abrahamterry9445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jackmills5071 lmao

  • @lightupdarkness
    @lightupdarkness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I swing with my right hand but im a lefty same with the glove wtf

    • @gman2506
      @gman2506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bat lefty and throw righty

    • @jadeadler1259
      @jadeadler1259 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hartzy yeah me too.

  • @christianarrizon2376
    @christianarrizon2376 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    right handed batter and would bat a lot better to right handed pitchers. lefties had my number most of the time. I had 400 and up batting ave. all the way to high school