Day 3 Finds

[Brooks The Great]

When is this picture from?

[weams]

The string?

The red string. Rick has posts that hold a red sting in front of the catcher about 3 inches over the kneecap. The drill is for all your pitches to go under the string.

[weams]

When is this picture from?

Last year. On a Sunday I think.

[OFFNY]

The string?

No. The Sting.

Oo

[scOtt]

The red string. Rick has posts that hold a red sting in front of the catcher about 3 inches over the kneecap. The drill is for all your pitches to go under the string.

Thanks. Do all the pitchers do that?

[weams]

When is this picture from?

Orioles vs. Toronto Blue Jays game on July 14

[weams]

Thanks. Do all the pitchers do that?

In the minor league camp they do. Not in the majors. It's Rick's thing. He did it with Chris.

[Can_of_corn]

In the minor league camp they do. Not in the majors. It's Rick's thing. He did it with Chris.

Bundy has been doing a similar drill for years.

[weams]

Kelvin, with his bad hammy.

[weams]

Alan is not pleased.

[weams]

Bud and Dave

Last couple are Ed Encina shots. BTW.

[weams]

O'Day, O'Day', O'Day, O'Day. O'Day. O'Day.

[weams]

Buck: "Tea, come on over here. Let me see what you look like this spring."

[weams]

More Eddie work.

[mdbdotcom]

The red string. Rick has posts that hold a red sting in front of the catcher about 3 inches over the kneecap. The drill is for all your pitches to go under the string.

The Dodgers started using strings at Vero Beach for Rex Barney. He was terribly wild, but threw harder than anyone. So, they created a strike zone out of strings to give him a clearer target. Rex became a very good pitcher, but was never the same after breaking his leg. The Dodgers took the strings out of mothballs a few years later for another young fireballer who couldn't find the strike zone: Sandy Koufax.