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herbie's avatar

Just heard Pennington pregame. Discussed how he is now a strike thrower and appreciated the “penningtons punchies” counter. When asked if different, he said after working with Bove and Stetter he now realized importance of first pitch strikes and (paraphrased) ‘it doesnt come down to stuff, it comes down to execution’

May i be the first to say you were right and your wormhole research paid off. Well done!

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Royals Weekly's avatar

Yeah, that's what I noticed when I watched film on him. Dude gets strike one A LOT. And honestly, some of his effectiveness might be context specific ... like he locates the slider so well and most guys won't offer at first pitch breaking balls. So, he's ahead a lot.

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Jeff_Mann's avatar

Interesting article

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Royals Weekly's avatar

Thanks, man! I worked entirely too hard on it.

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