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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Release points
Cool summary by Dan Fox on the goings-on in spring training. Near the bottom of the page, he has a graphic of John Bale’s release point, and he shows how different it is between lefties and righties. I can see the release point shifting left/right, possibly based on where he puts his foot on the rubber. But also changing the height of your release point seems odd to me. This is further reasons that platoon splits should be more real for pitchers than for batters. I’d like to think that the batter’s feet are the same distance from home plate in the batter’s box, regardless of the handedness of the pitcher. Now, I’m wondering if that’s really true. After all, it can’t possibly be correct to have your feet in the exact same spot for every pitcher. But, is it necessary to do so because you need to be in your own rhythm?
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