Can You see the Difference?
Two Starts Ago – 8 innings vs. Tampa Bay – 1 run, 5 hits (11 K’s!)
Curveballs: 7
Changeups: 5
Last Start – 3 innings vs. Minnesota Twins – 5 runs, 8 hits
Curveballs: 1
Changeups: 0
Tonight – 8 innings vs. Tampa Bay – 0 runs, 6 hits
Curveballs: 11
Changeups: 9
I think he might need his BBB (Big Breaking Ball). And that other wussy “slow pitch” is not bad either.
The Mockingbird 
Why aren’t you employed by the Jays yet?
zeppelinkm
September 7, 2008 at 11:34 pm
He mentioned that he was dropping his arm slot and ‘slinging’ it in the Twins start. Does that show on pf/x?
DougB
September 8, 2008 at 12:46 am
All in due time….
Sort of. It looks like he was mainly dropping down for his breaking pitches, whereas he was getting on top of them in his better starts. Maybe he was slipping off the side of them and that’s why they were garbage. Post coming…
halejon
September 8, 2008 at 2:43 am
I think Rowand is up to 13 homers now. Tao looks pretty safe now.
brent in Korea
September 8, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Where are you?
I want another post
Chris
September 11, 2008 at 9:09 pm
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