The Limit of That Is 90 Miles an Hour

The steeper is your angle that you're swinging relative to the angle of the pitch coming in, makes it harder to make contact with the ball. If a batter managed to hit the ball at 45 degrees, they'd be maximizing the physics equation and gone are your pop outs because you would just be hitting home runs practically every time. Neil: What difference does it make if we have two different body shapes? So you've got Aaron Judge at 66 and well, two-way down there at five foot something. It's all bat speed. But their ability to get the angle correct on the swing.