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Wednesday, May 06, 2009

News-Leader.com: Springfield Cardinals Add Left-handed Pitcher

The roster moves keep coming for the Springfield Cardinals.

The club acquired left-handed pitcher Joe Williams today from the Independent League.

A minor transaction, notable in that this is Joe Williams the Mike Marshall disciple.

Tony H. Posted: May 06, 2009 at 01:33 PM | 8 comment(s)
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   1. Golfing Great Mitch Cumstein  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 01:31 PM (#3167438)
Watching the videos of the Marshall pitchers is fascinating. I would guess batters would be upset by the pitching motion. Some of the cues in the delivery seem to be off from "regular" pitchers.
   2. Der Komminsk-sar  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 01:42 PM (#3167471)
That why I knew that name - thanks! The 'Independent League', huh?
   3. Trevor Crowe T. Robot (Dan Lee)  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 01:52 PM (#3167489)
Williams was in camp with the St. Paul Saints last year, but I can't find any stats or anything on him. It's entirely possible he was unemployed before the Cardinals came calling.
   4. Lassus  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 01:57 PM (#3167502)
That video looks like it was shot in 1981, all the more disconcerting because that guy has my dad's EXACT haircut from that year. (Well, from that year and every other year since I was born, but even so.)

I'll root for every single insane pitching motion to make the majors. Is this guy just a fringe, or an actual prospect?
   5. Tony H.  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 02:43 PM (#3167607)
That video also features a left-handed catcher. I advocate him being signed as well, just because.
   6. ess eff  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 03:53 PM (#3167743)
Joe Williams' first inning as a (Springfield) Cardinal:


Home run
Single
Stolen base
Walk
Sac (gratefully accepted)
Wild pitch (but one of the runners caught on the bases)
Single
HBP
Flyout
   7. cardsfanboy  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 03:57 PM (#3167751)
I'll root for every single insane pitching motion to make the majors. Is this guy just a fringe, or an actual prospect?

he's left handed so he's a prospect until he's 40+ years old.
   8. Miss Remember  Posted: May 06, 2009 at 04:08 PM (#3167778)
I still refuse to believe that Marshall's lower body action/disbelief in kinetic chaining can possibly maximize velocity. You get so much less hip rotation and no torso separation. The arm action/pronation I can buy, the lower body crap is him just TRYING to be different IMO.
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