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Friday, June 03, 2011
Mark Buehrle’s mind
This David Laurila is going gangbusters here, really stepped it up to the next level. Just a great interview.
I just get the sign from the catcher and try to make the best pitch I can, to the best location. I’ve never been a guy who studies film or goes over scouting reports. I go with my catcher, and Coop [pitching coach Don Cooper] usually sits down with us and goes over the game plan beforehand. For the most part, I figure that the less that’s on my mind when I’m out there — if I’m not thinking about, and worrying about, what to throw to guys — the better off I’m going to be.
I have four pitches that I have confidence in, and I’ll throw almost all of them in any count, in any situation. I feel that if I make a quality pitch, sometimes it’s going to be a hit, but a lot of times I’m going to get an out. Who’s to say…if I’m thinking of throwing a fastball to a certain guy, and A.J. [Pierzynski] calls for a changeup, why am I right over him? I just take it as, “Hey, whichever pitch you throw down, I’ll try to throw it to the best location, the best spot, and see what happens.”
DL: You’ve worked with A.J. for a long time. What if it’s a catcher you don’t know very well?
MB: Well, the first time I ever threw to [Ramon] Castro, we threw a perfect game together.
It’s just like Dykstra v Beane in Moneyball. With Beane, it was paralysis by analysis. With Dykstra and Buehrle, it’s “don’t think, just do”.
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