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During the National League Division Series, Cease was punished by the Dodgers for fastballs he left in hittable places.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
Equally problematic, though, was that too many of those fastballs — all of them of the more straight-line, four-seam variety — were too hittable at the MLB level.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024
But Rodriguez hasn’t been able to get the proper timing on his swing, specifically getting into a quality hitting position, where he can recognize those pitches as hittable or not.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024
But last year, his pitch selection could have been better; he swung at hittable pitches, but they weren’t always the right pitches to swing at.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023
“He seems to be rather hittable to-day,” observed Locke.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.
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