Re: Omar, Welcome to the Hot Seat


"mrbrklyn" <spam-killer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1125722012.079806.292600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <<What if the pitching coach tried to get him to master additional
> pitches? >>
>
> What if a brick falls on his head and he dies? What if until the cows
> come home. I say Kazmir is a great kid and can learn anything a good
> coach want s to teach him. Your still saying that Kazmir never shows
> another inferior pitch?

No, I'm saying he has two other pitches which he can't throw for strikes.
As such, hitters can simply sit on the fastball.


>Do you watch him pitch.

Yes.


I don't so I can't
> say but I find it hard to believe that Kazmir doesn't play with a
> development pitch. Thats all pitchers do all day is swap stories on
> grips and approaches.

The point I was making above, in the original quoted text, is that Kazmir's
inability to throw these complementary pitches for strikes isn't necessarily
a reflection of his pitching coaches.


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