Wednesday, April 21, 2004
IT IS NOT HEALTHY
One man, which I have never met, should not have the impact Pedro Martinez has on my mood for six month. It certainly is not healthy. Petey’s influence was heightened once I paid $20 for his stats. Okay, the above were overstatements. I am not that sick but it brought me great joy to see Petey get his groove back in a critical APRIL outing.
"He doesn't appear to be throwing as hard," Tosca said. "His arm angle seems to be lower than I've seen him in the past. He's pitching around 88, 89; I've seen him 93, 94, with his arm angle a little higher.
…Usually when a guy goes lower, it makes him feel better when he turns the ball loose."
"One thing about Pedro's changeup, he has such great arm speed, it's going to be tough to recognize, even if he's throwing 85," Tosca said.
Those are encouraging words from an un-bias professional. But is a 5-8 mph difference enough to fool major league hitters?
As the weather warms, I think the question will be moot. Pedro will consistently throw in the low-90s similar to last season. The issue will be control of all of his pitches as Pedro will not be able to consistently throw fastballs by hitters like he could in his heyday. As I have said before, we are not going to see the Super Freak (“I’m Rick James, bitch!”) from 1999 and 2000; just currently one of the best pitchers in the world, not of all-time.
Other Notes and Questions:
• Did last night’s broadcast miss like 10 pitches? Very poor.
• Did Rock Star/Jesus/Unfrozen Caveman with “Boy band good looks,” according to Joe Buck, miss play two balls last night because he attended the B’s game arriving in Toronto the same day as the game? Only the Herald reported that he attended the game, even though he had significant camera time during the B’s game. Is Damon getting another free pass from the big bad Boston media?
• It appeared that Pedro only threw fastballs away to RHB.
• Was Bellhorn’s strike three call a make-up for the balk?
• I want to eat, drink and be merry at The Keg in Toronto.
• Did the Jays change attractive female servers for the patrons directly behind home plate at the SkyDome this off season?
• The Daily Show last night was awesome. I encourage folks to check out the rerun tonight at 7pm on Comedy Central. The bit on Colin Powell’s action figure is piss in your pants funny.
One man, which I have never met, should not have the impact Pedro Martinez has on my mood for six month. It certainly is not healthy. Petey’s influence was heightened once I paid $20 for his stats. Okay, the above were overstatements. I am not that sick but it brought me great joy to see Petey get his groove back in a critical APRIL outing.
"He doesn't appear to be throwing as hard," Tosca said. "His arm angle seems to be lower than I've seen him in the past. He's pitching around 88, 89; I've seen him 93, 94, with his arm angle a little higher.
…Usually when a guy goes lower, it makes him feel better when he turns the ball loose."
"One thing about Pedro's changeup, he has such great arm speed, it's going to be tough to recognize, even if he's throwing 85," Tosca said.
Those are encouraging words from an un-bias professional. But is a 5-8 mph difference enough to fool major league hitters?
As the weather warms, I think the question will be moot. Pedro will consistently throw in the low-90s similar to last season. The issue will be control of all of his pitches as Pedro will not be able to consistently throw fastballs by hitters like he could in his heyday. As I have said before, we are not going to see the Super Freak (“I’m Rick James, bitch!”) from 1999 and 2000; just currently one of the best pitchers in the world, not of all-time.
Other Notes and Questions:
• Did last night’s broadcast miss like 10 pitches? Very poor.
• Did Rock Star/Jesus/Unfrozen Caveman with “Boy band good looks,” according to Joe Buck, miss play two balls last night because he attended the B’s game arriving in Toronto the same day as the game? Only the Herald reported that he attended the game, even though he had significant camera time during the B’s game. Is Damon getting another free pass from the big bad Boston media?
• It appeared that Pedro only threw fastballs away to RHB.
• Was Bellhorn’s strike three call a make-up for the balk?
• I want to eat, drink and be merry at The Keg in Toronto.
• Did the Jays change attractive female servers for the patrons directly behind home plate at the SkyDome this off season?
• The Daily Show last night was awesome. I encourage folks to check out the rerun tonight at 7pm on Comedy Central. The bit on Colin Powell’s action figure is piss in your pants funny.
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