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Yu Darvish’s Consistent Delivery

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posted on April 26, 2013 at 08:22 AM by The Clarence Thomas of BBTF (scott) to awesome, gifs, rangers, yu darvish | 28 comment(s)

One of the most formidable tools in a pro baseball pitcher’s arsenal is the consistency of pitching motion when throwing different kinds of pitches. If your delivery looks the same to an opposing batter when throwing a 95-mph fastball, a 80-mph curve, and a 85-mph change-up, well, you’ve really got something there. Texas pitcher Yu Darvish is ripping up the AL this year with a 4-1 record, 1.65 ERA, and 49 strikeouts, which prompted Drew Sheppard to layer five of Darvish’s pitches on top ...

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1. Willie Mayspedes posted on February 28, 2013 at 05:59 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Here's the tattoo in question.

2. Ron J2 posted on February 28, 2013 at 06:34 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Bob Tufts, do you think this would be covered under the "too hung over or too sunburned to play" rule?

3. Knock on any Iorg posted on February 28, 2013 at 07:36 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Surely there's someplace they could send that overly sensitive tattoo for counseling.

4. Infinite Joost (Voxter)

posted on February 28, 2013 at 07:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Here's the tattoo in question.

That's not the tattoo, <a >this</a> is.

5. Willie Mayspedes posted on February 28, 2013 at 08:50 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

My link is better

6. tfbg9 posted on February 28, 2013 at 09:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@#1-why did you link to an arm tatoo of Christopher Walken?

7. Shock posted on February 28, 2013 at 09:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Geez from the headline I thought maybe he got a tattoo that reads TU ES MARICON or something.

8. Howie Menckel posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I think that would be an insensitive new tattoo.

9. YR Misses Reggie Bars posted on March 01, 2013 at 01:27 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Geez, what was he thinking?

10. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) posted on March 01, 2013 at 09:05 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Elvis Andrus was scratched today because of a sensitive new tattoo

Even if it's sensitive, you still shouldn't scratch it until it's fully healed.

11. NJ in NY posted on March 01, 2013 at 10:21 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'm surprised this sort of thing doesn't happen more often. I feel like I always hear about athletes getting new tattoos in the middle of their season and, IIRC, when you get a new tattoo you still keep it covered for a few days before you can expose it to light/the world/etc.

12. Willie Mayspedes posted on March 01, 2013 at 06:17 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Real link to tattoo

#6 That's a tattoo of the king!

13. tfbg9 posted on March 01, 2013 at 06:53 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

@12-I knew that. Its looks more like Walken to me.

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