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Pre 1980,the focus was on pitching to contact so very athletic good fielding would have been more needed.
Pens back then were pitchers at the very beginning or end of career or those that couldn't go distance effectively.
The combination of good to great arms in the pen combined with pitchers focusing on swing and miss stuff and racking up strikeouts and hitters approach is what has lowered batting averages.

Pop up's absolutely can an do happen on low pitches. It's all about the placement of the bat on the ball. You swing sufficiently below the center of the ball and the ball pops up over the infield.

home run derby is kind of like that, and while you can’t literally use your avatar in it, in standard mode you won’t always get strikes thrown at you, and i’ve always played it with the worst hitters instead of the best. try to time it so you can hit a home run as jose azocar at polo grounds will help you figure out how to time pitches a lot.