I'd go with an adverbial prepositional phrase.  'To me' certainly 
modifies 'hit', does it not?  Is it different than "Jack hit the ball 
quickly?" 

Edward Vavra wrote:
>     I was recently asked about "to me" in the sentence "Jack hit the 
> ball to me." Is "to me" an adverbial prepositional phrase, or can it 
> be considered a prepositional phrase that functions as an indirect 
> object, i.e., as a noun? My question is--Do members of this list agree 
> on one or the other explanation, or is their disagreement?
> Thanks,
> Ed
>
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