Friday, April 26, 2013
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
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Read More...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. Der_K posted on December 27, 2012 at 03:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0Looks like when it hit the grass, it bounced off it.
I think it would have gone fair even without the grass. It was spinning pretty violently from the beginning, and was already heading toward fair territory before it touched the grass. I'm guessing he caught it at the bottom and near the end of the bat, creating that ridiculous spin.
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