what happened to the blockquotes??!!

A couple years ago, the cut fastball was Mariano Rivera’s pitch. He was the only pitcher in baseball who threw it with any regularity, not to mention with any real skill.

Jamie Moyer says "Hi and thanks for remembering me."

Andy Pettitte and Kevin Brown would like a word with the author.

And Mark Buehrle.

And Lenny Dykstra's kid.

what happened to the blockquotes??!!

You have to use

now. Not sure when the change happened.

use what, JCSS?

It's the slider of the 21st century!

what happened to the blockquotes??!!

I don't submit news often, but I'm pretty sure that you have to use < blockquote > without the spaces.

I don't submit news often, but I'm pretty sure that you have to use < blockquote > without the spaces.

that's what I did (and always do)---I submitted an item a couple days ago and it came out fine

And Greg Maddux for crying out loud. And that nasty one Derek Lowe threw to ... was it Hatteberg or Melhuse?

And 16-17 year-old me for that matter although admittedly nobody called it a cutter in the late 70s and the "real skill" part was missing but it was still a "fastball" with a little break to the right. It was the only pitch I had that didn't completely rely on the fact my friends were mostly crappier hitters than even I was.

I don't submit news often, but I'm pretty sure that you have to use < blockquote > without the spaces.

that's what I did (and always do)---I submitted an item a couple days ago and it came out fine

The key is to use the interface system. Don't write your own code. Click the quotation marks button, it'll give you the right formatting. I don't know why writing your own code creates problems now and again, but it does.

There is no interface when you're submitting news, that's the issue.

And Greg Maddux for crying out loud. And that nasty one Derek Lowe threw to ... was it Hatteberg or Melhuse?

These weren't cutters. These were two-seam fastballs with extreme movement. A cutter from a right-handed pitcher bores in on a left-handed hitter, whereas the pitches I'm pretty sure you're thinking of tailed away from lefties.

And that nasty one Derek Lowe threw to ... was it Hatteberg or Melhuse?

The one he got Terrence Long to strikeout on in the 2003 ALCS?

"Analyzing how the Cutter Has Impacted Offense in Major League Baseball"

Colons are impacted. Offense is affected.

Jamie Moyer says "Hi and thanks for remembering me."

Moyer threw a cut changeup.

The one he got Terrence Long to strikeout on in the 2003 ALCS?

Lowe says that pitch was a slider. Well, he says backdoor slider, to be precise.

Moyer threw a cut changeup.

Moyer regularly threw his cutter at 82 mph. That makes it a cut fastball.

Colons are impacted. Offense is affected.

Thank you, sir.

i want to meet tim lincecum´s cutter ! (and shake her/his hand !)

Lowe says that pitch was a slider. Well, he says backdoor slider, to be precise.

You could call it that (he could call it that) as a colloquium, but it's a two-seam fastball. Sliders move away from the pitcher's arm side. Two-seamers move toward the pitcher's arm side. You throw a two seamer like Lowe's by pronating your wrist inward as you throw with your fingers on top of the seams, which emphasizes your natural arm-side movement, particularly when you throw from Lowe's armslot (i.e. the sinker armslot). A slider or cutter is thrown by pronating outward with your fingers together on one seam (like a karate chop but with two fingers). So you could say a two seamer is a backdoor or reverse slider in that it moves in the opposite direction as a slider, but they're different pitches that move by different mechanisms - the spin is completely different. The break is also very different - a slider's break is sharp and quick and all at once, while a two-seamer more continually bores in on you - there isn't really a break per se, it's more like a boomerang in that it just keeps coming and coming.

These weren't cutters. These were two-seam fastballs with extreme movement. A cutter from a right-handed pitcher bores in on a left-handed hitter, whereas the pitches I'm pretty sure you're thinking of tailed away from lefties.

Maddux threw both.

Colons are impacted. Offense is affected.

From Dictionary.com, quoting Random House:

Usage note

The verb IMPACT has developed the transitive sense “to have an impact or effect on” (The structured reading program has done more to impact the elementary schools than any other single factor) and the intransitive sense “to have an impact or effect” (The work done at the computer center will impact on the economy of Illinois and the nation). Although recent, the new uses are entirely standard and most likely to occur in formal speech and writing.

Although recent, the new uses are entirely standard and most likely to occur in formal speech and writing.

doesn't mean we old fogeys can't rail against it

(lawn off get)

And turn down that rap "music." It's impacting my ability to hear Matlock.