Comments on: The Impact of Hitting the Pitcher Eighth http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/23/the-impact-of-hitting-the-pitcher-eighth/ Just another Baseball Prospectus Local Sites site Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 By: Scott Lindholm http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/23/the-impact-of-hitting-the-pitcher-eighth/#comment-277 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 16:16:18 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=393#comment-277 I bet there’s something to what you say, but it’s impossible to quantify. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist as an effect. There are so many aspects that go into hitting that it’s impossible to break it down to one.

]]> By: Carlos P http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/04/23/the-impact-of-hitting-the-pitcher-eighth/#comment-271 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:52:29 +0000 http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=393#comment-271 In little league/high school, my coaches hit me 9th sometimes and they told me it was because the team “needed” me there as a second leadoff man. Mentally, it definitely made me feel better about batting last.

Wonder if there’s any benefits—mentally—to putting a guy in that slot where he doesn’t feel like he’s just there because he can “barely” hit.

Once you feel more of that responsibility, you feel more important.

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