Comments on: The Life of Brian’s Fastball Part 2 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: floorpromotion http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-108183 floorpromotion Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:17:02 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-108183 Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for something else but your post / blog looks very interesting for me. Hi there, I found your blog via Google while searching for something else but your post / blog looks very interesting for me.

]]> By: Nick http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-97807 Nick Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:34:16 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-97807 I'm not sure that him gaining movement on the fastball automatically makes it a better pitch. His fastball movement right now is about average, however, it was more cutter like last year (like you said). It seems that a cutter is better than an average fastball in terms of movement. I’m not sure that him gaining movement on the fastball automatically makes it a better pitch. His fastball movement right now is about average, however, it was more cutter like last year (like you said). It seems that a cutter is better than an average fastball in terms of movement.

]]> By: Ezra http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-97626 Ezra Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:35:53 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-97626 The LeRoy Smith motivation ads are worth checking out, and I never click ads. Here's a shortcut to the best part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmKjM3ToOOg The LeRoy Smith motivation ads are worth checking out, and I never click ads. Here’s a shortcut to the best part.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmKjM3ToOOg

]]> By: Big Oil http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-97541 Big Oil Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:31:54 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-97541 I've been thinking the same thing too. Wouldn't the fact that we like an outdoor sport (and presumably enjoy attending said sport) factor in at all? I’ve been thinking the same thing too. Wouldn’t the fact that we like an outdoor sport (and presumably enjoy attending said sport) factor in at all?

]]> By: obsessivegiantscompulsive http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-97492 obsessivegiantscompulsive Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:57:40 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-97492 Wilson throws a cutter. Or at least he thinks he is. He learned the cutter from Mariano Rivera when the Yankee closer demonstrated how he holds the ball in a TV interview. But I guess until Rivera looks at how he does it, and gives him a tip or two, it will just be a nice knockoff. He has been agitating to throw it almost all the time, but has been rebuffed thus far. Wilson throws a cutter. Or at least he thinks he is. He learned the cutter from Mariano Rivera when the Yankee closer demonstrated how he holds the ball in a TV interview. But I guess until Rivera looks at how he does it, and gives him a tip or two, it will just be a nice knockoff.

He has been agitating to throw it almost all the time, but has been rebuffed thus far.

]]> By: Matt B. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-97480 Matt B. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:25:17 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-97480 p.s. Looking at the ads on this site, are we all considered to be that big of nerds? p.s. Looking at the ads on this site, are we all considered to be that big of nerds?

]]> By: Matt B. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-97467 Matt B. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:18:01 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-97467 Slutter! Why didn't I think of that? Good read, cool graph. Slutter! Why didn’t I think of that? Good read, cool graph.

]]> By: Tyler http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/the-life-of-brians-fastball-part-2/#comment-97452 Tyler Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:59:58 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=9431#comment-97452 "Slutter?" That's really where you want to go with that? lol Still, it's a nice little graph and it's interesting to see. What happens if it doesn't bear out over the first couple months of next season? Do you write it off as an anomaly, that maybe he was doing something with his mechanics unconsciously that changed that? “Slutter?” That’s really where you want to go with that? lol

Still, it’s a nice little graph and it’s interesting to see. What happens if it doesn’t bear out over the first couple months of next season? Do you write it off as an anomaly, that maybe he was doing something with his mechanics unconsciously that changed that?

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