Sat Apr 15, 2006, 02:56pm
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Get away from me, Steve.
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 15,785
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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
Rich,
Have you ever umpired a pitcher with a very sharp 12 to 6 curveball, such as the one Barry Zito throws when he is on? I sure have, Barry Zito. He had a wicked nasty breaking ball as a HS pitcher. The ball could break down through the bottom of the strike zone, above the knee, and land in the dirt in front of the catcher. The pitches were absolutely solid strikes, yet by where they were caught looked like they were low. With most pitchers, they would have been low and called balls, but you just couldn't do that with Zito.
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I would, all day long, if the catcher didn't move up and stick them.
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