This is what fear and negative thinking can do to you. He obviously has the physical ability to be a somewhat high level pitcher, otherwise he wouldn't be there. He just never learned the mental side of baseball. He thought "don't fuck up....don't throw it away...I hope I don't screw this up.." and that's what made him screw up.
This pitcher had the yips very common with people with anxiety issues. Its hard to explain but I had to give up pitching because of it. I dont know what triggered my yips but basically i couldnt find my release point and the more I thought about it the worse it became. Got so bad I couldnt put a golf ball on a tee bc I knew people where focused on my hand and what I was doing. Its brutal feel sorry for this guy not his fault.
nope, not at all thankyou, just sick and tired of all the mouth running and little fact checking. everyone is entitled to thier opinion, right or wrong, but, you call me names or insult my intelligence, i will respond. thus, he did ......and i responded. probably a bi-polar day when i replied, so i was *just a little bit* wound up at the time. could have been my dad for all i know.....oh well. have a nice day
wow, getting called a pussy by some idiot douche that likes to watch men work out videos, ouch that hurts. as cartman would say.......kinda gay, isnt it? kisses
no it wasn't a bad call bill belichick never ran that defensive front all year. it was a goal line defense designed to stop the run, carrel knew that much so he decided to pass. turns out that the Patriots also recognized the pass play the seahawks were going to run. the Patriots coaches told Butler to jump the route in practice and pregame. there's tape on all of this. Belichick's the greatest coach of all time. he saved a play all season and didn't call it until the very last play of the superbowl... incredible. who knows what other shit that guys got hidden away. he was even considering using the fair catch drop kick rule at the end of the 4th quarter in superbowl 51. look that play up if you don't already know it, 41 years of coaching, he doesn't miss a whole lot of opportunities to exploit "unknown" rules.
I had anxiety pitching in a champ little league game. I could throw much harder than the coach's kid but didn't have much experience pitching in high pressure situations, because I was normally outfield. Coach yelled me in to relief. In result, I halted during 3 consecutive wind-ups (balks), when the batters squared up to bunt. Took 3 times for me to get over it and follow through with the pitch. They were certainly milking me for what they could. We still won, but barely. I can understand how this pitcher could do this because it just snowballs with each pitch sparking more and more anxiety.
I'm sorry, but when I see pitching _this_ bad, I can't help but wonder if there wasn't some high stakes betting involved and a good payoff for that pitcher.
The pitcher couldn't have known in advance the game would go 12 innings and he would come in to pitch. It's just a mental error with the game on the line.
Not really, it's not that easy to switch from throwing 90 mph to a lob. The problem is this guy tries to compensate by completely changing his timing and mechanics. You are better off just firing an 80 mph accurate pitch than a 40 mph crazy lob.
Yeah, pitchers don't practice throwing to the catcher at 40mph. But also, he knew the game was on the line, big crowd, he choked. Better to assume incompetence as opposed to malice.
Martin Gardner Its true. Situations where you are required to throw an intentional walk are very rare so pitchers don't tend to practice it at all. I only practiced it once I got to college and you would be surprised how many people would fuck up their mechanics, forget to use their legs at all, and throw a weak inaccurate lob just to get the ball across, and that was even with zero pressure.
100% of the blame belongs to the manager. When you see your pitcher is incapable of throwing intentional balls, you don't make him continue doing it. Sometimes you just gotta let them play ball instead of this strategy bullshit.
Walter White That's right, 100%. It's one thing when a pitcher throws a wild pitch on the first or second throw. But after that, the manager should see that the pitcher is incapable of any control throwing intentional balls and make corrective action. He should either give his pitcher the ok to pitch to the batter or make a call to the bullpen. Either way, theres no excuse for ordering the pitcher to continue doing what he's unable to do.
how much money could he have on the game where it would make up for a chance at the big leagues? I'm not opposing you, but i don't see the reasoning. I know people can sometimes do crazy things
Not surprisingly, Odom only pitched 2 innings as a 28-year-old independent league veteran who never really touched success. His stat line for 2007: 13.50 ERA, 2 Innings, 1 IBB and 4 Wild Pitches. Career over. This was probably the last pitch he ever threw.
That dude threw that game, NO pitcher throws that many wild pitches on an intentional walk, I don't care if he pitched five straight open to close, a president throwing out the first pitch couldn't look that bad 4-5 times in a row. lol That pitcher has Pete Rose syndrome.
Absolutely. I can't believe more people don't see this. Watch his arm on the last pitch on the slo-mo replay. He threw right into the ground, that's no accident!
***** Yeah, in tee-ball. I remember that. These are professionals, do you think they would miss you in a game of catch? Doubt it, unless he was betting against you catching it. lol
I'm watching this and laughing my butt off and then I realized this is my hometown team that lost the game. Great pitching Lancaster Barnstormers lol. Now, I am laughing even more.
as a pitcher who's gone through the yips, I feel it for this guy. It's not easy for some people to throw it to the other batter's box because there's no target there..
Exactly. I had it for half a year, set me back with my coaches. I went from starting catcher lead off, to bench. Finally at the end of the year I got to start out in Center but I was unfortunately DH'd for
Happened to the LA Angels last year - a walk-off wild pitch on an intentional walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th. If you try to throw it like a dart instead of a normal pitch, it's easy to do.
The pitcher is attempting to walk(give a free base to) the batter by pitching 4 balls outside of the strikezone because the batter is very good and if he may score the runner on third base if he gets a hit. However, he throws the ball in the dirt each time until the ball gets far enough away from the catcher for the runner on third to steal home and win the game. Basically the pitcher lost the game because he could not play a simple game of catch. Hope that was a good explanation.
I was in a recent clubhouse tour with the patriots, and it was revealed that there were some dealings between the umpires to throw the game, not from the patriots
its a high pressure situation, its extended innings, game is tied 6 - 6, and its 1 out and hes told to intentionally walk each batter with a dude waiting on third base ready to score at any time. The psychological aspect of competitive sports is probably not emphasized in most non professional athletes on how to deal with negative thoughts.
There was an old Shoe Sunday comic where Skylar is pitching. He delivers four absolutely wild balls which the catcher has to leap and lunge all over the place for. Catcher calls time and says he's quitting. Skylar protests, "You can't quit! Where am I gonna get another catcher?" Catcher responds, "You don't need a catcher. You need a *goalie*." Meh. Sports. Whaddya gonna do.
This guy is used to throwing full speed. When you go from throwing 90+ to lobbing it, you have to gain a sense of how much elevation you need to get the ball across the plate. It's completely different, and in high pressure situations, like relieving the the 12th inning, this seems much harder and causes you to over think. He didn't intentionally lose the game for the team, he just over thought a normally simple process. If he was throwing the game, he would have done it on the first few pitches
I've had a situation where my teammate (who was the best hitter on our team) was being intentionally walked, but a pitch came just close enough and he destroyed it and got a home run! :)
Sorry, correction: The pitcher is trying to walk two batters so that the bases will be loaded and they can get an out by throwing the ball to any base instead of having to tag the runner.
I've seen wild pitches on intentional walks twice in the Appy League (rookie league level), but not walk off style like this. In fact I was talking about it one night to the guys in the bullpen and that very night it happened again! Once it scored the winning run in extra innings (not a walk off) and the next time it just cost a run late in a game that was lost any way.
manager of the year right there lol. I bet all 1.3 million people watching this 2 minute youtube video could tell this pitcher's command was completely lost, yet the manager somehow thinks he's going to be able to pitch the intentional ball to the catcher, after already failing to do so like 5 times.
D Backs walked Bonds with the bases loaded a few years ago, when Brenly was the manager. It worked as well. They won. So, in certain rare situations there is a "place to put him" if it's a very dangerous hitter in a weak lineup.
Actually, the catcher has his left foot outside the box on every one of those pitches. That would be a balk, resulting in the runner scoring from third anyway. Didn't matter one bit where he threw the ball.
Why on earth would you stick with the "walk the bases loaded" plan when you see him throw four straight almost to the backstop? Was there ever any chance the catcher could save them on four more out-of-control throws?
For everyone who is saying this guy is an idiot is very ignorant to a very real issue for many athletes. This is called the yips. It happens when pitchers or anyone throwing a ball think too much about the release point. It can get worse and worse over years, and many major league players have had this psychological problem. People end their baseball careers because of issues like these because they are so difficult to fix
