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1.  I don't know why the umps are so hostile towards his curve ball this year.
2.  Usually when a guy is over 9 K's a game, we don't refer to him as lacking a putaway pitch.  ;- )
3.  Bedard's putaway pitches include (a) any curve ball, (b) an up-the-ladder FB, (c) a jam fastball, (d) a called strike three away, and (e) any fastball wherein the hitter is looking curve...
4.  He has 6 strikeouts in 3 innings today.
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I know what you mean, that it gets to two strikes and then he throws several pitches getting the last one.  The part of that, that is his fault, is that he's nibbling with the fastball.
He thinks that if he gets a good piece of the plate with his FB, that he's risking an HR, and who's to say he is wrong?
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The syndrome stops when he gets his location back, and when the umps cut him a break.  Just my $0.02.