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Compare the movement on those pitches to the movement on the fastballs where he clearly doesn’t go to the hat brim.
Also, watching the video, it’s a lot more striking than stills convey — it’s clearly not a cap adjustment, but something else entirely. He grabs the front of the cap and then rubs his thumb on the underside of the cap, picking whatever it us up. On the video, it’s quite striking.
Tony H.
Posted: April 05, 2007 at 12:20 AM | 29 comment(s)
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1. jamcadbury Posted: April 05, 2007 at 01:24 AM (#2325251)As far as I know, it's the only public video evidence right now.
I agree.
I mean, I guess it's feasible, but I really find that unlikely. Zumsteg notes the additional movement on the pitches where he does the "thing" - I find it hard to work around that discrepancy.
K-Rod's also been getting great movement on his pitches for a long time now. It should be pretty easy to go back and look to see if he's doing something like this every time. Not that that would prove or disprove anything.
But with the lighter underbill, any substance might be more difficult to detect on video or picture.
"K-rod" is a bad nickname, but it's not the worst. It at least has the redeeming quality of describing a skill that Frankie Rodriguez possesses. That puts "K-Rod" in the Dice-K, Prince Albert and King Felix group of somewhat descriptive, but banal nicknames. The worst nicknames are completely undescriptive ones like A-Rod, D Lee, etc.
The Dice-K nickname is disappointing, but I guess it was inevitable. I'd have preferred the inaccurate, but interesting sounding "GyroMonster." I would have also accepted nicknames such as The Monster, Tiger Beat (I wouldn't mind this one catching on for anyone who starts plays at the highest level as a teenager), Dr. Inscrutable, Johnny Streamline or Bullet Train.
There was the Donnelly episode, though that was eclipsed by the Guillen-Sciosia showdown
When did Pujols and Hernandez pick up the artful skills of the nobility?
Might as well let everyone throw games then.
Sticky fingers are better if you're looking for movement.
Also, the umps are on the lookout for this stuff. Aaron Harang got called for going to his mouth on the mound on Opening Day.
When did Pujols and Hernandez pick up the artful skills of the nobility?
I'm not convinced a Prince Albert is so noble.
Doctoring the ball isn't quite the same thing...you see that, right?
I'm going to stick with Da Sucky Massbukkake until otherwise convinced.
Of course, I belive strongly that there are at least a few pitchers doctoring the ball on every team. Opposing teams of "doctors" probably know, but won't call attention to it for fear that the opponent might call out their guys. So there is a de facto peace.
I suppose "The Yellow Monster" would be right out...
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