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It’s as Easy as Left and Right

4 Responses to “It’s as Easy as Left and Right”

1. sean Says:
   October 15th, 2008 at 7:08 am

   i used to have a tough time with guys on the right side hitting my 12-6 hard on the ground thus giving them the high average. I have only seen you throw once and didn’t really notice. did righthanded hitters hit you good in the regular season?

   oh and about the fire going out: It never goes out just burns in different ways. take it from some one who had no choice but to stop , don’t ever stop chasing the show.

2. Andrew Says:
   October 15th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

   Yea, I actually did have a lot of success getting rightys out this year, it’s just a weird trend right now.

3. Scott Says:
   October 16th, 2008 at 8:38 am

   Hey Andrew,

   I have another question that you might be able to answer. As a close follower of the Tigers, I’ve wondered why Jeremy Bonderman has had such a difficult time developing a consistent third pitch. He has a great fastball and slider, but it seems he’s just missing that one extra pitch to really become an elite pitcher. I know he throws a change up, too, but it doesn’t seem to have come along. How difficult is it to develop a new pitch? What factors make it easy or hard? Is a lot of it just “feel?”

   Thanks,
   Scott

4. Andrew Says:
   October 16th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

   Well usually when you have a guy who has 2 plus pitches, like Bonderman, and has had success with those, developing a 3rd is not always easy. When a guy throws a plus slider it’s hard to develop a good change as well because the hand motion and release are almost opposite of each other and this makes guys hesitant to progress it for fear of losing their best pitch. This may give him another pitch but what can start to happen is that he won’t have the same movement on his pitches. I have had to do similar things in perfecting my change, and really the way to make it work is throw it everyday and feel out what works.

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