Comments on: Hard Throwing Is Good To Find http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/09/13/hard-throwing-is-good-to-find/ Covering America's Favorite Pastime Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Wade http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/09/13/hard-throwing-is-good-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-3819 David Wade Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:58:20 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/09/13/hard-throwing-is-good-to-find/#comment-3819 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/lee_jenkins/09/22/rick.porcello/index.html<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3819','David Wade'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3819','David Wade','http:\/\/sportsillustrated.cnn.com\/2009\/writers\/lee_jenkins\/09\/22\/rick.porcello\/index.html'); return false;">Quote</a></div> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/lee_jenkins/09/22/rick.porcello/index.html
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]]> By: David Wade http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/09/13/hard-throwing-is-good-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-3816 David Wade Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:57:28 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/09/13/hard-throwing-is-good-to-find/#comment-3816 With Jerrod Washburn sucking/hurt again, could Porcello start in the playoffs? Well, the Tigers have to get there first (lead is down to 4 1/2 games), but it's looking like they have no choice but to roll the youngster out against the Yankees. Pretty cool for a 20 year old. By the way, since no one leaves comments in my articles (not even Tony Roberts), I'm going to leave comments after all my articles. So there.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3816','David Wade'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3816','David Wade','With Jerrod Washburn sucking\/hurt again, could Porcello start in the playoffs? Well, the Tigers have to get there first (lead is down to 4 1\/2 games), but it\'s looking like they have no choice but to roll the youngster out against the Yankees.\r\n\r\nPretty cool for a 20 year old.\r\n\r\nBy the way, since no one leaves comments in my articles (not even Tony Roberts), I\'m going to leave comments after all my articles.\r\n\r\nSo there.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> With Jerrod Washburn sucking/hurt again, could Porcello start in the playoffs? Well, the Tigers have to get there first (lead is down to 4 1/2 games), but it’s looking like they have no choice but to roll the youngster out against the Yankees.

Pretty cool for a 20 year old.

By the way, since no one leaves comments in my articles (not even Tony Roberts), I’m going to leave comments after all my articles.

So there.

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]]> By: David Wade http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/09/13/hard-throwing-is-good-to-find/comment-page-1/#comment-3814 David Wade Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:05:31 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/09/13/hard-throwing-is-good-to-find/#comment-3814 http://www.freep.com/article/20090914/SPORTS02/909140371/1050/Rick-Porcello-solid-as-Tigers--skid-stops-at-five-games Not only is it nice to see Porcello have a solid outing right after I submitted my article, but he also talked about his fastball in the Free Press article that's linked. From the story- "Porcello said he has more confidence in his four-seam fastball than he did earlier in the year..." Porcello- "I think the biggest thing is I kept trying to use that four-seamer more, and at times I think I can overpower guys with the four-seamer. Earlier in the year, I felt like all I had was the sinker. So that's a big advantage." "There were a couple at-bats today that I knew guys were definitely trying to sit on my sinker. Was trying to pound them away with four-seamers and was able to get a couple big hitters out." "I think that's one of the bigger adjustments and improvements I've made throughout the year." So, maybe my guess was right and he's been on that two-seamer most of the season until recently. He didn't have a ton of Ks yesterday to back my other guess (that his K/9 will improve), but that's just one game.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3814','David Wade'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3814','David Wade','http:\/\/www.freep.com\/article\/20090914\/SPORTS02\/909140371\/1050\/Rick-Porcello-solid-as-Tigers--skid-stops-at-five-games\r\n\r\nNot only is it nice to see Porcello have a solid outing right after I submitted my article, but he also talked about his fastball in the Free Press article that\'s linked.\r\n\r\nFrom the story- \"Porcello said he has more confidence in his four-seam fastball than he did earlier in the year...\"\r\n\r\nPorcello- \"I think the biggest thing is I kept trying to use that four-seamer more, and at times I think I can overpower guys with the four-seamer. Earlier in the year, I felt like all I had was the sinker. So that\'s a big advantage.\"\r\n\r\n\"There were a couple at-bats today that I knew guys were definitely trying to sit on my sinker. Was trying to pound them away with four-seamers and was able to get a couple big hitters out.\"\r\n\r\n\"I think that\'s one of the bigger adjustments and improvements I\'ve made throughout the year.\"\r\n\r\nSo, maybe my guess was right and he\'s been on that two-seamer most of the season until recently. He didn\'t have a ton of Ks yesterday to back my other guess (that his K\/9 will improve), but that\'s just one game.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> http://www.freep.com/article/20090914/SPORTS02/909140371/1050/Rick-Porcello-solid-as-Tigers–skid-stops-at-five-games

Not only is it nice to see Porcello have a solid outing right after I submitted my article, but he also talked about his fastball in the Free Press article that’s linked.

From the story- “Porcello said he has more confidence in his four-seam fastball than he did earlier in the year…”

Porcello- “I think the biggest thing is I kept trying to use that four-seamer more, and at times I think I can overpower guys with the four-seamer. Earlier in the year, I felt like all I had was the sinker. So that’s a big advantage.”

“There were a couple at-bats today that I knew guys were definitely trying to sit on my sinker. Was trying to pound them away with four-seamers and was able to get a couple big hitters out.”

“I think that’s one of the bigger adjustments and improvements I’ve made throughout the year.”

So, maybe my guess was right and he’s been on that two-seamer most of the season until recently. He didn’t have a ton of Ks yesterday to back my other guess (that his K/9 will improve), but that’s just one game.

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