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Baseball Musings
April 21, 2007
Wisdom from the Hawk

Ken Harrelson said something very interesting while watching Crede face Zumaya. Joel is hitting 100 on the gun, and Crede just takes a pitch down the middle. Hawk says that when someone is throwing that fast, it's good to take a pitch like that all the way, not moving your head. He explained that this makes the pitch look slower; it lets the batter time the fastball. Crede then singled in the tying run.

I've never heard about this approach to a hard thrower before. Does anyone care to comment?


Posted by David Pinto at 03:06 PM | Offense | TrackBack (0)
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Normally Hawk spouts nonsense, but I think he actually had a good point there.

Posted by: rob at April 21, 2007 04:16 PM

Hawk Harrelson and his battery mate are the hands down winners of the Most Annoying Local Broadcasting Tandem Ever Assembled. That is my comment. Sorry David.

Posted by: Aaron at April 22, 2007 01:27 AM

I've never heard it but saw the telecast and was wondering the same thing. The batters that followed him were swinging away and making his theory look good in the short term...

Posted by: Evan at April 22, 2007 10:27 AM
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