You have to have command of a rising fastball. A slider works good too if you have pinpoint control.
a swinging pitch in the dirt
A strike out is when a batter has two strikes (times when they either swing and miss or don't swing at a pitch in the strike zone) and they either don't swing at another pitch in the strike zone, or swing, and miss (if they make contact, but hit the ball foul, it's not a strike out)
That's a change-up pitch.
In baseball, 'heat' is slang for fastball, so 'high heat' is a high fastball.
No, a pitch does not count as a pass in baseball. In baseball, a pass is typically referred to as a walk, where a batter is awarded first base after the pitcher throws four balls outside the strike zone.
every single pitch that is not called as a strike.
Once.
Yes.
It depends on who the pitcher is and what pitch it is.
If the pitch is in the strike zone, and the batter does not swing, it is a "strike." If the pitch is not in the strike zone, and the batter does not swing, it is a "ball."
Traditionally, the strike zone extends from the waist to the letters of the team.
First Pitch Strike percentage - or the percent of times their first pitch to a batter results in a strike.