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Rookie Arms RaceLast season the rookie crop was mostly dominated by hitters like Buster Posey and Jason Heyward. This season, the pitchers are grabbing the early headlines with both starters and relievers playing big roles for teams.
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Mariano Rivera Breaks Bats for a Living with His Cut FastballSome say Mariano Rivera is the best closer in the history of Baseball. If he isn't he's a close second to whoever is. With basically one pitch he has saved over 500 games for the New York Yankees.
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The Hard Inside Fastball...an expression of thoughts concerning us all.
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Pitching Tips; The Fastball and How to Throw ItAn explanation and a step by step guide on how to throw a fastball.
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How to Pitch - the General StrategyPitching is not all about how hard you can throw or whether you can throw a nasty curveball. There is a lot of strategy and cunning involved in knowing what to throw when.
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How to Throw a CurveballThe curveball is the perfect off-speed pitch for good pitchers; learning how to throw it is necessary if you want to become a good pitcher.
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Recognizing Baseball PitchesHitting a fastball is considered one of the hardest things to do in sports, although baseball players will tell you they would rather see a steady dose of fastballs than anything else.
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How to Throw a FastballFor any pitcher to be effective learning how to throw a fastball is essential. The fastball, for most people, is their bread-and-butter pitch. The pitch, if thrown right, will strike out most hitters.
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How to Throw a Four Seam FastballShowing a young pitcher the proper fingering and motion of a four seem fastball. The four seam fastball is the fastest and most used pitch in baseball.
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MLB 09 the Show Pitching Tips: FastballsPitching Tips for each of the fastballs in MLB the Show. How to use each one more effectively.
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MLB the Show: Creating Your Road to the Show Pitching ProdigyA beginner's guide from a MLB the Show enthusiast with tips on how to create a legendary pitcher in the Road to the Show Mode. -
Interview: Tony Scalzo Explains Starting Over with FastballTony Scalzo of Fastball is ready for his band to hit the road with a new disc and new perspective on making music. -
Baseball Tips: Alterations of the FastballFind out the different types of pitches that stem off of a fastball.
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Baseball: Ranking MLB's Farm System ReduxMy personal views on the strength of each major league farm system, provided with a numerical ranking and description of the top talent on each farm
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A Primer of Major League PitchesEver wondered how Major League pitchers make a baseball do what they want it to? Over the years, pitches have been passed down and named for their unique characteristics. -
How to Throw a Changeup in Baseball at the High School LevelAdding a changeup to your pitching arsenal will improve your pitching performance. This article teaches you how to throw a simple circle changeup.
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Meet the FutureA look at the young future stars that played in today's Futures Game at Yankee Stadium, so you can say, you knew them when...sort of
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The Small Stars: Featuring Band Members of Fastball, Miles Zuniga and Jeff GrovesFind out who The Small Stars are.
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Guide to the Different Types of Pitches in BaseballHave you ever heard a friend or family member talk about a screwball or a gyro ball and wondered what it meant? -
Darvish Will Need to Change First Name to Y'AllTexas Rangers fans, most of whom are still in therapy, should cheer their team's management for its recent effort to sign Yu Darvish. Here are three reasons to celebrate.
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10/2011 Player Profile: Mat LatosMat Latos slumped in his sophomore year, but he was still effective in 2011. His poor numbers are due to a poor first month and lingering effects from a shoulder injury.
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Mike Leake Always a FighterLeake is the kind of guy who stored all the moments of perceived disrespect into some kind of mental incinerator. Schoolyard slights were renewable ruminations to be set ablaze over and over.
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Top Ten Most Intimidating Pitchers of All TimeFastball pitchers are intimidating but some pitchers would just as soon put one in a hitters ear as strike them out. -
The Lowdown on Hisashi Iwakuma, Future MLB PitcherBidding on his posting fee for the 2011 baseball season has just ended on this Japanese pitcher. But what can teams expect from him?
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Braves Offseason NeedsWhat do the Braves need to do this offseason, to be back in the run next year?
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The Strasburg EffectOh, it is real.
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PerfectionA Baseball Poem
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Top 10 Baseball PitchesBaseball is a sport of growth and development, and throughout the years new and better pitches have come about.
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How to Pitch - The MethodThe pitcher is involved in every play while he is on the field. Pitching is not easy. There is a lot of strategy involved.
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How to Throw a Circle Change-UpAll off-speed pitches are good to have, but the change-up, especially the circle change can be one of the most effective pitches in baseball.
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AMERICA'S PASTIME"How's the kid?" Andy growld. "He's really hot! Dad answered. He was a fastball pitcher in the Twilight League with a fastball that you couldn't see. Now that was real baseball.
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Hit in the Head with a FastballThe jolt was only the latest thud in the history of the Mets star-crossed franchise that has endured countless losing seasons in its history, and shameful disappointments in just about all the winning seasons
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I Could Have Done ThatNext time you think you could have duplicated some athletic feat, stop and think about it for a second.
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How to Become an Effective Amateur PitcherAn easy to read guide to becoming an effective pitcher.
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California League Top Propects for 2009This year the Cal League will boast some of the hottest prospects since Josh Hamilton, Jake Peavey and Matt Cain.
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The Art of PitchingFormer Oriole and Yankee pitcher John Habyan credits many for his 11-year Major League success as a middle and long relief pitcher.
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A Gift from Heaven: Baseball's Mysterious PitchBaseball, since its inception, has captured the imaginations of all who watch it. This is a creative look at one of its more interesting pitches. -
Which Relievers Should the Mets Target?A list of the pros and cons of eight relievers available this off-season.
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A Moment of MischiefA young boy learns that the anticipation of an act can sometimes be more devastating then the act itself.
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Jesse Gonder: Fighting Fastballs and RacismJesse Gonder was an Oakland high school baseball legend who played in the majors for the Mets, Yankees and Reds. More notably, Gonder built a reputation over the years for being outspoken at a time when most African-American athletes were reluctant to do so.
