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Pitch Analysis: Brandon Morrow
As some of you may have guessed, I think statistics are a very good way to understand the game better. If you do not like stats, the following article might not be a fun read for you, but you can of course skip the graphs and numbers and go directly to to the conclusion. In this article I'll be...
Is Pelfrey's Slider Coming Around?
As Eric alluded to yesterday, Mike Pelfrey threw an unusually high number of bendy things in his dominating performance versus the Brewers (22 to be exact). Seeing Pelfrey confident in a secondary pitch is pretty exciting, as his lack of one has seemingly held him back from becoming a great...
Who Killed the Cleveland Indians? - part 2: Slider
Nothing has been confirmed, no bodies found, but two more missing persons - Anthony Reyes and Aaron Laffey. No one's laughing now. In part 2 of my ongoing investigation (part 1 - John Adams) I look at the Indians seemingly fun-loving mascot, Slider. Suspect: Slider (above, right - is that a...
Staturday: Pitch, Blease: Curve Balls, Sliders and Changeups
“Christ, you don't need a quadrophonic Blaupunkt! What you need is a curveball! In the show, everyone can hit heat.” –Crash DavisIn the last appearance of Pitch, Blease, we saw that the effectiveness of a pitcher’s fastball is very much dependent on a pitcher’s ability...
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