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The Utter Nonsense of Moneyball

I’m watching Brad Pitt in Moneyball on Netflix. And trying hard not to hurl chunks.

TAIJUAN AND CARSON

How does a 16-year-old nudge the radar to 87 when a giant major leaguer in the prime of his career can scrounge only four more clicks on the gun?

Tom Terrific and the Art of Pitching

Tom Seaver died this month, his great mind ravaged by dementia. There is a tragic irony here because Seaver was one of the smartest, shrewdest, most creative pitchers to ever step on the beam clay of an MLB bump

Justin Verlander knows a Secret

I was watching video of Verlander in the Series and it jumped off my computer screen like a cricket in heat. This guy gets the ball out of his glove so fast it’s a blur. It’s like he’s in a hurry to get home.

OBLIQUE TEAR SIDELINES ROWAN WICK

It wasn’t much. Just an awkward little twist. But it ripped a tear in his left oblique.

Wick closes with his cutter

Five years ago I did a session with Rowan Wick and his dad, Clayton. Working on a cutter/slider. The third time he unleashed the Rawlings screamed, “Whoosh.” It sliced 10 inches sideways like a machete. It went supersonic and bit into the air like a crocodile. It sounded like it was in pain. It wasn’tContinue reading “Wick closes with his cutter”