halskinner
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- May 7, 2008
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RT,
Ya gotta remember, I have 52 years of seeing pitchers at all kinds of levels do thing that defy the laws of physics and defy imagination.
I once saw a man throw the most incredible dropball I have ever seen. It was thrown quite fast, started at ther hip and went inm at head high to a 6 foot batter. At about 3 or 4 feet in front of the batter it crash divedf through the strike zone and hit the back edge of the plate for a strike. It would not have surprised me if it had been thrown deaad slow, it wasnt, it was thrown very fast.
I have seen a 10yo throw a cutter INDOORS, NO WIND, and that pitch went halfway to the batter and hung a sharp right turn at around 90 degrees. She practiced it but could only use it in games against lefty hitters because of batter safety.
I once saw a pop up in a 12u game that came down near 2nd base. Three infielders converged but nobody caught it. The ball had a tremendous spin (Apperently) as it hit the dirt between the fielders and shot out like a bullet between their legs and the next hop it was a in foul territory between home and 1st.
And, yes, I saw a riseball come in very fast, slow down, stop in mid air, hiss for half a second or so and go straight up.
I have seen all kinds of stuff nobody could explain.
His holiness does not impress me. He only sees what bits and pieces he knows. Then he posts a video of a college pitcher doing it just as wrong or badly or unsafely as the young pitcher in question and says Hey, she's doing it just like whoever. Yup, thats right there ARE college pitchers out there with awful mechanics.
He can PM folks and tell them whatever he wants I DONT CARE.
He is trying to make a name for himself just like those pitching instructors fresh out of college I have worked next to. They would last 6 months or so and fade away into oblivion. Maybe I put a dent in his claim to fame. Oh well.
Ya gotta remember, I have 52 years of seeing pitchers at all kinds of levels do thing that defy the laws of physics and defy imagination.
I once saw a man throw the most incredible dropball I have ever seen. It was thrown quite fast, started at ther hip and went inm at head high to a 6 foot batter. At about 3 or 4 feet in front of the batter it crash divedf through the strike zone and hit the back edge of the plate for a strike. It would not have surprised me if it had been thrown deaad slow, it wasnt, it was thrown very fast.
I have seen a 10yo throw a cutter INDOORS, NO WIND, and that pitch went halfway to the batter and hung a sharp right turn at around 90 degrees. She practiced it but could only use it in games against lefty hitters because of batter safety.
I once saw a pop up in a 12u game that came down near 2nd base. Three infielders converged but nobody caught it. The ball had a tremendous spin (Apperently) as it hit the dirt between the fielders and shot out like a bullet between their legs and the next hop it was a in foul territory between home and 1st.
And, yes, I saw a riseball come in very fast, slow down, stop in mid air, hiss for half a second or so and go straight up.
I have seen all kinds of stuff nobody could explain.
His holiness does not impress me. He only sees what bits and pieces he knows. Then he posts a video of a college pitcher doing it just as wrong or badly or unsafely as the young pitcher in question and says Hey, she's doing it just like whoever. Yup, thats right there ARE college pitchers out there with awful mechanics.
He can PM folks and tell them whatever he wants I DONT CARE.
He is trying to make a name for himself just like those pitching instructors fresh out of college I have worked next to. They would last 6 months or so and fade away into oblivion. Maybe I put a dent in his claim to fame. Oh well.