How'd Smoltz look?

On Jun 3, 10:40 am, "Joe Schmoe" <mcho... RemoveThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:
> His velocity was good, but the control was not. It looked like he got good
> movement, but the pitches that were hit were not in good spots. He said he
> was overthrowing because of adreneline.
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> "Colin William" <colintwill... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > It was hard for me to tell from the BB Tonight highlights, as defense also
> > seemed to play a role. The radar gun seemed to be strong, just wondering
> > if he just seemed rusty to those watching.
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> > Colin

FWIW, I thought he looked very uncomfortable out there. I confess to
not having seen him pitch much lately, but it sure seemed like he was
trying to avoid grimacing. I assume that at this point every pitch he
throws now hurts, it's just a question of how much.

His stuff looked good: the fastball had screwball action against right
handers which looked very effective.
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"Joe Schmoe" <mchome5 DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote
> His velocity was good, but the control was not. It looked like he got
> good movement, but the pitches that were hit were not in good spots. He
> said he was overthrowing because of adreneline.

I think we've seen that before when he's come back from injuries as well,
the guy gets over-psyched about it. Thanks.

Colin
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"Colin William" <colintwilliam.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It was hard for me to tell from the BB Tonight highlights, as defense also
> seemed to play a role. The radar gun seemed to be strong, just wondering
> if he just seemed rusty to those watching.

Suprising velocity. Poor location. Everything seemed to trail in to the
right side of the plate -- fine if you keep it down, big trouble if you get
it up. He got most of it up. He also seems to be minus the splitter. I only
saw the 94-95 mph running fastball and perhaps an 84 mph slider. If he is
limited to two pitches, his location is going to have to be pin-point. He
still would have gotten away with a scoreless inning if Blanco had one more
step to catch that sinking liner.

Robert
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"Robert Glenn Plotner" <rgplotnerNOSPAMALOT.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Colin William" <colintwilliam.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> It was hard for me to tell from the BB Tonight highlights, as defense
>> also seemed to play a role. The radar gun seemed to be strong, just
>> wondering if he just seemed rusty to those watching.
>
> Suprising velocity. Poor location. Everything seemed to trail in to the
> right side of the plate -- fine if you keep it down, big trouble if you
> get it up. He got most of it up. He also seems to be minus the splitter. I
> only saw the 94-95 mph running fastball and perhaps an 84 mph slider. If
> he is limited to two pitches, his location is going to have to be
> pin-point. He still would have gotten away with a scoreless inning if
> Blanco had one more step to catch that sinking liner.
>
> Robert

One of the announcers said last night that Smoltz can't throw a splitter
from the new arm angle.
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"Nicholas Beaudrot" <nicholas.beaudrot DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote
> FWIW, I thought he looked very uncomfortable out there. I confess to
> not having seen him pitch much lately, but it sure seemed like he was
> trying to avoid grimacing. I assume that at this point every pitch he
> throws now hurts, it's just a question of how much.

It's hard for me to believe that this can go on for another 4 months. Last
time he was coming back from surgery, this time he's just trying everything
to avoid it, to go out on his own terms.

Colin
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