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I thought, in another thread, that getting on base was big in BL's book.
If a 75 MPH liner into left field falls for a base hit, is that a bad thing? Is it worse than a strikeout?
What exactly are you arguing? It seems like you're going in circles.
I'm trying to see what you think the goal of a batter's plate appearance should be.
Should it be a HR / XBH, or should it be making solid contact? Or something else.
Burnsy said "hit the ball hard", which we think is another way of saying "making solid contact" without using the word contact (because we know where that would go). But apparently, his definition of making solid contact means a 100 MPH line drive over the LF wall. Anything short of that is not solid contact.
If I can take a pitch and hit it 100 MPH, and I only hit it 75 MPH, I wouldn't claim I hit the ball hard, no.
I'd like BL to answer.
The goal is to get on base. Either with a hit or with a walk. Hitting the ball hard increases your chances of getting a hit.
Can you get on base with a strikeout, other than when there's a WP or PB?
Nope. You are
never on base if you are
out. This applies to ground outs, pop outs, fly outs, ground outs, and strike outs.
I didn't realize I was teaching a remedial basics of baseball class today.