gretzky takes on posada

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A hockey goalie is more about reaction time where a catcher is more about technique of blocking baseballs.

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this is why i mentioned hitting in a previous post.

a 95 mph fastball takes a half of a second to reach the plate...on average the hitter needs to actually recognize the pitch (fastball/breaking ball etc), location (ball/strike) then decide if he is going to swing or not within .01-.02 seconds to give him time to start the mechanics of his swing. so if you are telling me that his reaction time will not be good then i am going to have to disagree b/c he will have unbelievable hand eye coordination and reflexes.

all in all a batter on average has 4/10ths of a second to recognize, make up his mind, and swing at a baseball.