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I rarely comment on other sites, but in the Greg John's MLB.com recap, I saw a minor error and decided to point it out. Not the smartest thing I've done - if you go into the pigpen...
From Greg Johns' recap of the Paxton start:
"Zunino said Paxton picked up right where he left off last year but has added an improved cutter that comes in on left-handers ... "
I commented:
Sorry, Mr. Johns, but a "cut" fastball moves opposite from a normal fastball --- Paxton's fastball runs into a LH hitter and away from a RH hitter. His new cut fastball runs into the hands of a RH hitter and away from a LH hitter. If you watch the sequences against Pujols, one can clearly see the ball moving in towards his hands and very slightly down. The cut fastball is a tool against RH, but against LHs would tend to move to the fat part of the bat. Now if he starts throwing it like Mariano ...
I got these responses:
muldhoon1
@BartBat - Actually Bart, you have it wrong. Totally wrong.
commenter
@BartBat - You obviously haven't played baseball (especially not as a pitcher) a day in your life. Please don't ever try to correct someones baseball knowledge again. Cut fastballs from lefties go in on righties, and away from left handers.
I responded to muldoon1:
@muldhoon1 - try reading the comment again. I could be clearer that "if started inside (to throw for a strike), against LHs (it would) tend to move to the fat part of the bat" but the comment is correct in the description of the physics of a LHPs cut fastball as opposed to a normal fastball AND on the specific visual on the pitch action to Pujols.
And to "commenter":
@commenter - which is EXACTLY what I said. And I have played and coached. Maybe you need to try reading. You obviously lack some skill there.
The "commenter" was such an egregious idiot he ticked me off. I'm again SO glad that SSI has a knowledgeable, LITERATE, readership. And a civil group who reads and considers carefully what they want to say and how to say it. Lesson learned.
By the way, on the TNT site when they listed the minor league rosters, Dutton (or his editorial assistant) had Aaron Wilson rather than Austin Wilson. I pointed it out in a comment and it was corrected a few hours later. After it was corrected, there was a comment from someone who thought I meant Austin didn't belong at Clinton, but all in all, the TNT is a good place to discuss baseball news with a good following. What a contrast.