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Comment on Best Pitch in Baseball by mentalbaseball

mentalbaseball — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:30:58 +0000

Thanks, please do. I plan on doing some more posting

Comment on Teach Them How to Pitch by mentalbaseball

mentalbaseball — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:30:16 +0000

John,

You are welcome to your opinion

Comment on Hands Inside the Ball by mentalbaseball

mentalbaseball — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:28:36 +0000

Jon,

It isn’t that being on the back toe gives him more power. This comes from proper swing mechanics, specifically hip rotation and weight shift. The back foot doesn’t push off, it is allowed to roam free.

Comment on Hands Inside the Ball by Jon

Jon — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:33:42 +0000

Good article, but i have a question. In the picture you can see pujols up on his toe of the back foot. Do you think that this really gives you more power?

Comment on Teach Them How to Pitch by John Austin

John Austin — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:31:35 +0000

Reading the last line of your article proves you know little about pitching a baseball .

Comment on Jon Niese and Mets Pitching by mentalbaseball

mentalbaseball — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:25:35 +0000

Thank you for the comment. You better believe he is interesting. 6-4, 215 lefthanders are interesting if all they have is a pulse!

Comment on Jon Niese and Mets Pitching by mets police

mets police — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:12:22 +0000

he looked mighty interesting in spring training. cant wait

Comment on Baseball in the South by mentalbaseball

mentalbaseball — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:40:03 +0000

Thanks for the comment. You’re right, quality players can come from anywhere. However, more of the position players come from the warm weather states because they play more games and can practice more often. You’re still seeing a lot of pitchers come from the north, however, for a couple of reasons. Fewer overuse injuries because they don’t appear in as many innings as an amateur from the south. And the other reason is that scouting on pitchers is based a little more on talent and projection rather than today’s skills. For example, a 6-2 lefthander throwing 90 is going to receive attention regardless of his win/loss success. You can project him to throw harder and, well, he’s a lefthander. And scouts believe a kid like that can at least develop some sort of second and third pitch. It doesn’t matter where he lives.

Positions players are different. Sure the stud hitter who can hit the ball 450 feet stands out everywhere. However, hitters who don’t fit that profile are a little harder to project, particularly if they haven’t played in a lot of games or faced higher competition. Also, fielders are going to be more polished with the more games they play. That’s just a matter of repetition.

I’m not saying it is fair. I’m just saying that’s my opinion.

Comment on Baseball in the South by kansasblogger

kansasblogger — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 02:39:15 +0000

I was on Drinkpurple.com and noticed the difference between college and pro baseball: it doesn’t matter where you are from, quality players can come from anywhere. It also became clear to me that while college baseball is huge in the south, the pros only really make a difference in Florida. Just observations.