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gentlemanofleisure · 02-06-2012, 12:18 PM

Pitchers learning a new pitch happens a lot in real life and there are many famous cases. Mike Scott learning the Split-finger fasterball from Roger Criag saved his career. Ron Guidry learning the slider from Sparky Lyle made Guidry the star he was.Then later on Guidry taught the Slider to Dave Righetti who taught the slider to Al Leiter.

Sometimes learning a new pitch can also be a bad thing. Mel Stottelmyer taught Dwight Gooden a changup in 1986 which hurt his release point and thus his blazing fastball and unhitable curve ball werent as effective as they were in 1985.

02-06-2012, 12:18 PM	#6
gentlemanofleisure Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 197	Pitchers learning a new pitch happens a lot in real life and there are many famous cases. Mike Scott learning the Split-finger fasterball from Roger Criag saved his career. Ron Guidry learning the slider from Sparky Lyle made Guidry the star he was.Then later on Guidry taught the Slider to Dave Righetti who taught the slider to Al Leiter. Sometimes learning a new pitch can also be a bad thing. Mel Stottelmyer taught Dwight Gooden a changup in 1986 which hurt his release point and thus his blazing fastball and unhitable curve ball werent as effective as they were in 1985.