Batter's Box Interactive Magazine Batter's Box Interactive Magazine Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
If you ask me, it's an art. On ESPN.com, Buster Olney examines lateral movement on pitches, citing Roy Halladay as a prime practitioner:

He has so much movement on his pitches that he simply aims the ball down the middle, and then allows the natural movement of his refined pitches to take the ball to the edges of the strike zone.

When Doc's fastball is straight, as it was in Anaheim, he's just another good pitcher. I expect that he's made the necessary adjustments, and the D-Rays will find it difficult to make solid contact tomorrow.
The "Science" Of Movement | 2 comments | Create New Account
The following comments are owned by whomever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Coach - Tuesday, August 05 2003 @ 09:26 PM EDT (#21942) #
Here's another take on Doc, by a 17-year-old blogger on the brand new Sports Blotter. (Scroll down the the bottom.) The author and I don't see eye-to-eye on one proclamation:

(Halladay) has got to be the most overrated pitcher that baseball has had for a good five years now.

I like this blog anyway. Sean, who loves Tim Hudson and the A's, and Sumit, a 19-year-old Phillies fan, were inspired by Aaron Gleeman, now a role model, no longer a prodigy. They do have a "Phenom Watch" on Rich Harden, pride of Canada, even if they don't appreciate Roy.
_vijay tiwari - Monday, January 05 2004 @ 07:45 AM EST (#21943) #
please put me on your mailing list so that we can be informed about your work
The "Science" Of Movement | 2 comments | Create New Account
The following comments are owned by whomever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.