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Not that I'm rooting against the guy. I just think there's been a pretty decent case made against the I-W. Of course, getting, say, 2 and a half good years out of Strasburg would probably be worth the signing money.
What's so dumb about this article? Not only is it not dumb, it makes some sense. I can see that there might be a case that we don't exactly know what good mechanics are, and that the study of pitching mechanics is more an art than a science, but you're not making that case. The reflexive Dibble-bashing seems a little over the top.
I agree. While we don't quite know what good mechanics are, we know that we want a pitcher to be able to repeat/maintain throughout his 100-120 pitches.
I makes total sense that varying your mechanics when tired will lead to injury.
Obviously repeatability of mechanics is a huge key to pitching and maintaining command.
I was looking for dumb-Dibble and this doesn't seem to be that.
Color me surprised.
i say that as someone who screwed up his arm having been taught the inverted W in little league. it's seriously hilarious how quick and easy to fix it is.
This is either madness, or brilliance.
Jake Peavy's 1300 innings say hi
Yes, that's what we kept hearing at the time, but there's been some revisionist history on this point.
I don't know what level you played at. Little League? That would explain why you think it's something easy to fix. When a professional pitcher has thrown thousands of pitches and practiced his motion over and over again, it's foolish to think you can change, and completely ignorant to say it would be easy to change.
Of course, the other idea that Dibble seems to be getting at, that all pitchers should be taught to throw like Maddux or Ryan to keep them healthy, is illogical. Not only does it contradict what I said above, about changing a pitcher's mechanics, but it also assumes that all people have the same amount of success with all types of mechanics. If Strasburg threw like Maddux, would he throw 100 MPH? Likely not. Would he have the control Maddux has? Not necessarily. You can't just change mechanics willy-nilly, especially if it's only to put them in line with someone else's mechanics.
Professional pitchers use mechanics that will help them become professionals. Therefore, they are good mechanics.
Back in the stone ages he did. Todays modern analysts use him as an example of what not to do.
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