I think we mixed a lot more curveballs than normal because they were either going after my drop or laying off of it and that's normally my go-to (pitch).
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes if you want to achieve something great, there will be curveballs. You just have to dodge them every once in a while.
I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.
We had to adjust and threw a few more rise balls and curves but it worked.
I use fast curves, pitched overhand and sidearm, fastballs, high and inside, and an underhand fade away pitch with the hand almost down to the level of the knees.
I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.
The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long.
I looked for the same pitch my whole career, a breaking ball. All of the time. I never worried about the fastball. They couldn't throw it past me, none of them.
Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.
I was 11 years old and have the same curveball I have now. So I was literally striking everybody out. I always threw hard, and I was bigger than all the kids, so I would throw hard and throw that curveball, and no one could hit me.
The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.