Comments on: Wainwright’s new release point is real, and it’s spectacular http://www.fungoes.net/2009/05/26/wainwrights-new-release-point-is-real-and-its-spectacular/ Official blog of the St. Louis chapter of SABR Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wainwright’s release points, 2010 edition | Baseball Bloggers Alliance http://www.fungoes.net/2009/05/26/wainwrights-new-release-point-is-real-and-its-spectacular/comment-page-1/#comment-5729 Wainwright’s release points, 2010 edition | Baseball Bloggers Alliance Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:01:33 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1788#comment-5729 [...] K/BB over his first two outings. As fans will recall, Waino didn’t begin 2009 quite as well, struggling with control problems that he attributed to his release. Let’s revisit the Cardinal righthander’s release point, courtesy of Brooks [...] [...] K/BB over his first two outings. As fans will recall, Waino didn’t begin 2009 quite as well, struggling with control problems that he attributed to his release. Let’s revisit the Cardinal righthander’s release point, courtesy of Brooks [...]

]]> By: Hoish http://www.fungoes.net/2009/05/26/wainwrights-new-release-point-is-real-and-its-spectacular/comment-page-1/#comment-5405 Hoish Thu, 28 May 2009 15:22:59 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1788#comment-5405 What a guy! What a guy!

]]> By: Pip http://www.fungoes.net/2009/05/26/wainwrights-new-release-point-is-real-and-its-spectacular/comment-page-1/#comment-5404 Pip Thu, 28 May 2009 01:49:52 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1788#comment-5404 Just for you, Hoish, I changed it. If it's getting derided on an stltoday.com board, then, well, I can't have that here on Fungoes. ;) Don't you just love it when anecdotal evidence corroborates the data (or is it the other way around?)? Just for you, Hoish, I changed it. If it’s getting derided on an stltoday.com board, then, well, I can’t have that here on Fungoes. ;)

Don’t you just love it when anecdotal evidence corroborates the data (or is it the other way around?)?

]]> By: Hoish http://www.fungoes.net/2009/05/26/wainwrights-new-release-point-is-real-and-its-spectacular/comment-page-1/#comment-5403 Hoish Wed, 27 May 2009 21:11:57 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1788#comment-5403 Pip, PLEASE "say it ain't so" and stop calling him "Waino!" I've been trying to curtail that nickname (which I have yet to hear that he actually endorses) for the sake of it sounding like a drain opener or a person with a drinking problem. Other posters in comment sections on the stltoday.com site have also applauded my efforts to stop that nickname. On a lighter note, I've been present to watch him pitch before and after Carpenter noticing the arm slot, and have seen a truly different pitcher. Before the change, a game against Philadelphia on 5/5, he was typically only throwing the fastball in the 87-89 range. Since making the arm-slot change, he's back in the 90-93 range and has regained both late movement as well as command. It's great to see. Now if we can only keep Carpenter healthy! Pip, PLEASE “say it ain’t so” and stop calling him “Waino!”

I’ve been trying to curtail that nickname (which I have yet to hear that he actually endorses) for the sake of it sounding like a drain opener or a person with a drinking problem. Other posters in comment sections on the stltoday.com site have also applauded my efforts to stop that nickname.

On a lighter note, I’ve been present to watch him pitch before and after Carpenter noticing the arm slot, and have seen a truly different pitcher. Before the change, a game against Philadelphia on 5/5, he was typically only throwing the fastball in the 87-89 range. Since making the arm-slot change, he’s back in the 90-93 range and has regained both late movement as well as command. It’s great to see.

Now if we can only keep Carpenter healthy!

]]> By: Pip http://www.fungoes.net/2009/05/26/wainwrights-new-release-point-is-real-and-its-spectacular/comment-page-1/#comment-5401 Pip Wed, 27 May 2009 17:36:06 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1788#comment-5401 Ah, okay, that sounds familiar. I was just going by the info in the article that I linked to at the outset of the post. Carp is kind of like a second pitching coach, eh? Ah, okay, that sounds familiar. I was just going by the info in the article that I linked to at the outset of the post. Carp is kind of like a second pitching coach, eh?

]]> By: CardinalJohn http://www.fungoes.net/2009/05/26/wainwrights-new-release-point-is-real-and-its-spectacular/comment-page-1/#comment-5399 CardinalJohn Wed, 27 May 2009 10:15:14 +0000 http://fungoes.net/?p=1788#comment-5399 I thought it was Carpenter that first noticed the different arm slot. I thought it was Carpenter that first noticed the different arm slot.

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