Chicago Cubs: The first-pitch and 2-2 batting struggles

The Chicago Cubs bats keep getting better and better. But if there is any weakness in the team’s hitting, it’s on the first pitch and the 2-2. Why does this cause so many problems?

There are some mysteries in life my Chicago Cubs friends that are never meant to be answered. They are mysteries wrapped inside a riddle wrapped inside an enigma. Like the Bermuda Triangle or where Jimmy Hoffa is buried, we will never know some things in life. So it is as well with the mysterious first-pitch in baseball.

Should he swing? Should he sit? What should the batter do? What is correct?

This is exactly what the Chicago Cubs have been facing lately, and the first-pitch has gotten many of the Cubs this season. Many grey beards like to pontificate on this very subject and can spend an entire day in both the barbershop and in online sports rooms chatting away about this very subject.

The other dear in the headlight pitch for the Cubs is the 2-2. More Cubs are leaving on the 2-2 than the 3-2 these days! Perhaps a little better understanding of these pitches and what the batter and pitcher are trying to accomplish will shed some needed light on the subject.