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by Skoop on April 23rd, 2008
It basically means to "fire your hips" through the ball or to "turn your hips" aggressively and early on as the pitch is coming in to the hitting zone. If solid contact is made, this will usually result in a "pulled" ball with significant power behind it.
by Im going hoooome on September 7th, 2007
They are both right.
Turning on the pitch in simplest form is just pulling the ball.
To do so, you turn your hips a lot earlier than you normally would and then your hands follow meeting the ball ahead of the plate causing it to be pulled down the line.
by Devlyn on September 7th, 2007
when the ball is thrown inside and the batter swings around fast enough to hit it into the outfeild,usually ending in a homerun.
"tyler pitched him inside and wills turned on it,depositing that one in the upper deck".
by Drastic on September 5th, 2007
Pretty much just means to get ahead of the ball, to pull the ball.
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