As a hitter, there's no worse feeling in baseball than knowing you're going to come to the plate to face a man who you know will dominate you with one pitch.
As you adjust your batting gloves and dig in, you know that you're going to flail wildly, but that there's nothing you can do about it. Three pitches later and you're back on the pine, wondering just went wrong, coming to the realization that there probably wasn't anything you could have done about it anyway.
And so it goes when you face the best aces in baseball, especially those who have made a name for themselves with one unhittable pitch. Think about Johan's changeup, Greinke's slider, and Mo's cutter and you know what I'm talking about.
You can have the biggest, longest, lightest piece of lumber with you at the plate when you step in to the batters' box, but it's not going to help you. And if you're squaring off against the Yankees and the game is on the line, it's probably a good idea if you have more than one of your Louisville Sluggers standing by...
Here's a look at some of the filthiest heaters, unwordly changeups, and fall-off-the-table-nasty deuces. Here's a look at baseball's top 10 most unhittable pitches.
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