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Why Pedro Is Such A Great Pitcher
Topic Started: Jul 18 2005, 10:18 PM (18 Views)
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This excerpt from Newsday gives an insight as to why Pedro is such a great pitcher.

"A day earlier, after studying the Braves for the first three games, Martinez told a friend, "You know, I see a lot of young free-swingers out there. I'm going to let them swing."

His strategy was nothing more complicated than that. Martinez never threw harder than 87 mph and had the Braves hacking at breaking pitches that dipped as low as 72 mph. As good a pitcher as Martinez is, he also is a master of realizing just how hard he needs to push himself, and Martinez dispatched the Braves as if he were playing wiffleball in his backyard.

"He sensed they were trying to swing their way back into the game," catcher Mike Piazza said. "For him, if he's not broken, he's not fixing anything. If he doesn't need it, he's going to be in cruise control.""

How many pitchers think this way today?

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The best pitchers think like Pedro. Pedro has realized that he can no longer get hitters out by blazing his fastball by him because if he did that, his arm would fall off. Instead he gets hitters out using the off-speed junk and uses his fastball when he needs too. Pedro knows how to pitch
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