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Old Tue May 08, 2007, 02:35pm
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
The problem is that the ball is usually coming back at him faster than he can throw it. His fast ball is fast but straight. He doesn't scare anybody.
That's where the muscle between his ears comes in - he's still thinking he get by on speed alone. Maybe that worked in HS and college, but in the majors. If he just perfected his off-speed stuff, it wouldn't matter how straight the fast ball was, it would blow by hitters looking off-speed.
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