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Having the game "slow down" is exactly the sort of thing you would expect for a person recently promoted to a higher level (in whatever field they are in) and is likely a long term improvement.
 
When things are going well hitters often say things like the ball looks so big coming out of the pitcher's hand. Blowers said on the broadcast that when he faced a pitcher he liked to hit that it was as if he just knew what was going to be thrown ahead of time (which is very similar to the game slowing down) while against pitchers that were tough on him it was like he was constantly confused (which is the same as the game speeding up).  Seriously, if the quote were instead Rob saying "the ball just looks so big coming out of the pitcher's hand" I think you'd be saying "See, he's learning to read the spin on the ball!"  You cannot make the big leagues if you cannot put together streaks where you look like you know what you are doing.
 
Langerhans is probably a good example that Doc brought up.  Wasn't it Sandy who said that he'd look really good for about a month or so at a time before going on long streaks where he's completely lost?