Baseball playoff fever inspired our anchors to channel their inner athletes.

Take a look at what happened when they took on the ProBatter pitching simulator at the Lau Baseball Academy in Hatfield, Montgomery County.

If you want to play pro-ball you better be able to handle a heater.

The Roy's: Oswalt and Halladay are a little busy these days.

So you'll have to "think outside the box" if you want a crack at a big-time hurler.

This will go anywhere from 40-100 miles an hour, said Jerry Cooper of the Lau Baseball Academy.

The ProBatter pitching simulator helps sluggers of all ages and abilities perfect their swings.

It throws a slerve, a slider, a cutter, a splitter, said Cooper. It has anywhere from 6-years-old all the way up to professional.

Somewhere in that scope: a pair of TV News anchors.

For the record: It's harder than it looks!

But a few tips from the coach can go a long way

You're lifting off the ball a little bit, said Cooper. Stay in there.

Soon they're feeling braver inside the batters' box.

And believe it or not, both took a swing at a 100 mile per hour pitch and managed to get a piece of it!

So move over, Howard. And watch your back, Utley.

You guys have done the best of all the news people, said Cooper.

For more of Rob and Wendy's batting practice click here.