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Old 04-15-2011, 06:44 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by tejdog1 View Post
Obviously the best example of a cut fastball is Mariano (I've heard Ralph Kiner call it a variation on the slider)
I always thought it was a fast slider. When you think of it now the number of pitchers who throw cutters today seem about the same as those who threw sliders prior to 1990 or so.
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