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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Deconstructing Brian Bannister

By Tangotiger, 11:16 AM

Harry gives it a go:

Bannister described the power change as an extreme ground ball pitch, his cutter as a mediocre ground ball pitch, and his fastball as an extreme fly ball pitch.  Check, check and check.

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I see “CU”, and I have to take a double-take to figure if that means cutter, curve, or change-up.  A suggestion: Ideally, we don’t use CU at all for any pitch.  Cutter could be CT or FC.  Change-up would be CH.  And curveball could be CR, CV, or CB (whatever sticks best).  Just not CU.

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