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by esun 3560 days ago
While that particular pitch was a mistake, pitchers do throw deliberately 'bad' pitches to induce swings with little or no chance of contact.

Bonus: Here's a short video of a player hitting a ball after it bounced in the dirt. Baseball is fun. Anything can happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bqj3jynJnU