Baseball Chat

[Linchuck]

I think he needs to just come off his high horse. He has talent. He has a whicked curve ball but he needs to stop thinking he can over power everyone with a 95mph fastball down the middle of the plate. Those pics show good jaba and bad jaba, but his frustration is the other team keeps hitting the ball and he is frustrated with them, not with himself. Teams have adjusted. They can almost cheat because they know a fastball is coming. Now watch this video on Mariano's cutter. The 2nd half of the video is the best. It is all location, location, location. Mo's cutter is deceptive it goes to so many different area's of the plate where Jaba's goes down the middle because he thinks he can over power people all the time. This is a awsome vid that gives a good example.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/06/29/magazine/rivera-pitches.html?ref=magazine