The first swing and miss was on what I consider to be the best pitch in baseball. The breaking ball that doesn’t break. The spin on the ball tells me it’s going to do one thing, but then it never does it. Anyway, he came back with the same pitch, but the second time it broke. Do not be afraid to hit breaking balls early in the count. Most players take the hanging breaker because they are expecting a fastball. As hitters, sometimes we only get one pitched to hit, and the hanging breaking ball we