tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post7771510827970992515..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: It's That Time of YearJim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-65541520238891713112011-02-28T20:38:05.839-05:002011-02-28T20:38:05.839-05:00Sandy Koufax. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgMX...Sandy Koufax. <a rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDgMXFBHLP0&feature=related</a> Fast, not durable.<br /><br />Here's a thing of beauty: Tom Glavine: <a rel="nofollow"> http://www.baseball-pitching-tips.com/tom-glavine.html</a><br /><br />This? Not so much: <a rel="nofollow"> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4iYYi8EqWs&feature=related</a>Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-15183469519624133102011-02-28T18:07:30.557-05:002011-02-28T18:07:30.557-05:00I can talk about this stuff all day, too! And I lo...I can talk about this stuff all day, too! And I love the lefties. They never look quite right to me, Jim Palmer or Jim Hunter being what I visualize when I look for a motion. I'm dating myself but at my age, who else would date me... But the lefthanders with location seem to get guys out, and that is what pitching is all about. As long as somebody with some sense (besides Dad) is looking, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-78831652239423361172011-02-28T11:41:14.878-05:002011-02-28T11:41:14.878-05:00Fine comment, Drip.
I have the entire sequence in...Fine comment, Drip.<br /><br />I have the entire sequence in stop action. I understand what you're saying about the elbow. He throws from a high- to mid- three quarters angle. This is the mid-three quarters. The glove hand pulls the throwing arm through, and the shoulders tilt downward toward the right at finish, which raises the elbow slightly above the shoulder. In his high three-quarters Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-69825670689968772632011-02-28T07:47:14.844-05:002011-02-28T07:47:14.844-05:00Love me some lefties on the mound, especially ones...Love me some lefties on the mound, especially ones throwing overhand. From the department of unsolicited advice, that elbow is a little too high, though maybe its the angle. Some orthopedist is going to be busy if the elbow doesn't stay in the same plane as the shoulders. Unless it only happens on the change, in which case some one will see it coming. Duck!<br /><br />Anyway, I've been Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com