bad-ball hitter

In baseball, a batter who tries to hit pitches that are out of the strike zone. A: "What on earth is he swinging at?" B: "He's a bad-ball hitter, it's just how he plays. He'll hit one eventually."

See also: hitter

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318 with 449 homers and 1,496 RBI and was a notorious bad-ball hitter.

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I'm not a good bad-ball hitter like Sori (Alfonso Soriano) or Jete (Derek Jeter).

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I guess you'd say he's a much better bad-ball hitter.

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Along with such players as Ichiro Suzuki, Alfonso Soriano, Nomar Garciaparra and Julio Franco, Guerrero is the standard bearer for a disappearing breed in the major leagues: the bad-ball hitter.

Bad-ball hitters aren't interested in following the crowd.

Free swingers: hitters such as Vladimir Guerrero and Nomar Garciaparra concentrate on putting ball into play

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