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...if it were 1 mph that made the difference between 20 win Moyer and hanging on by a thread Moyer...then when he was throwing 1 mph harder in 1999, he should be superhuman Moyer. The thing that got worse for Moyer was COMMAND...that's why the HR rate went up again, that's why the walk rate went up, that's why the first strike percentage went down, that's why the looking Ks went down. The culprit is execution...not speed. When Moyer lost the ability to jam guys with his fastball (perfect location required), they started pulling it every time he tried. When he lost the ability to paint that outside corner with the change, they started whacking it the opposite way.