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Thank you. I really appreciate it. I need to digest this for a while. So, is a good splitter the same as a sinker?

 

Sorry to interrupt, are the catcher's signals consistent throughout baseball? I will look up the signals but just asking. Once again, i'm sure I am not alone.

 

No, a sinker is very similar to a 2-seam fastball, except it has more downward movement which induces groundballs. Again the grip is slightly different, but they're both high velocity pitches with armside movement, with a sinker designed to move down so the ball is bounced into the ground. A splitter is much more comparable to a changeup.

 

And no, each pitching staff and battery (a term used to describe the pitcher-catcher duo) has their own signals, this prevents the other team from reading signs and figuring out which pitches are coming.

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No, a sinker is very similar to a 2-seam fastball, except it has more downward movement which induces groundballs. Again the grip is slightly different, but they're both high velocity pitches with armside movement, with a sinker designed to move down so the ball is bounced into the ground. A splitter is much more comparable to a changeup.

 

And no each pitching staff has their own signals, this prevents the other team from reading signs and figuring out which pitches are coming.

 

In fact, a good analogy would be ... a sinker(hard) and splitter(soft) have more drop and less run, whereas a 2 seam fastball(hard) and changeup(soft) have more run, less drop. Though a really good changeup still has a lot of drop

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Where's Boxy when you need him

 

They are more mad at Adam Jones for being Adam Jones and swinging at garbage.

 

Boy is this horse s***. He wasn't out of the baseline.

 

Crazy. Of all the times they decide to call that, it's a bases loaded DP against us.

 

Orioles fans sound like those Jays fans who think there's some kind of anti-Canada conspiracy in sports.

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They are more mad at Adam Jones for being Adam Jones and swinging at garbage.

 

Orioles fans sound like those Jays fans who think there's some kind of anti-Canada conspiracy in sports.

 

That's more level headed than I thought. Its like the guys here when there's literally inconclusive evidence or maybe a frame of evidence and it's called inconclusive "OF COURSE BUT IF IT WAS THE YANKEES...."

 

I wonder if the lack of Jose Bautista in the lineup took some of the hate out as well

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Is Osuna good to close today. Already twice in three days

 

He threw 8 and 15 pitches. Obviously you would rather not but outside of Axford the bullpen has been well used.

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Apart from that one game from Texas Martin has looked the usual ugly early-season self. Can't wait for him to hit his groove

 

Same with Travis...

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