Rick Peterson
Rick Peterson
Erick Harding "Rick" Petersonis the Director of Pitching Development for the Baltimore Orioles, as well as a former pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but is most notable as the pitching coach for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Milwaukee Brewers. Peterson is known for his unique use of biomechanical research and psychological principles to help pitchers improve their pitching motions. His nicknames include "The Jacket"and "The...
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It's the difference between high winds and tornados. It's a violent rotation.
difference high winds
It's the difference between high winds and tornados.
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It's pretty amazing what those guys are saying to themselves, what their thought process is. Every pitcher could benefit from that, not just Victor.
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It's understandable, I think, with New York fans. That's why they call it a New York minute. They've got about a minute's worth of patience for anything. If I'm not mistaken, I think they were booing Rivera the other night. He's been pretty damn good. Nobody is immune.
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The next step is obvious. They're going to call a balk if he doesn't get on the rubber in the game.
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It was a big step forward. He showed command of all his pitches and showed a lot of stamina.
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It was a big step forward. He had command of all his pitches. He had a lot of stamina. All in all, it was a good day.
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It was a confidence booster for all of us (with the starter role). Had we not had the need in the bullpen (last season) he would have stayed in the rotation.
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It's just a progression. Typically you do it for arms, not for toes. We'll just have to wait and see how he feels.
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They call it a New York minute. They've got about a minute's worth of patience. That's part of the industry.
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It's impossible for him to change. That's what he does, and what makes Pedro so great is he focuses on making pitches, not how his body moves.
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This puts him on track to open all our options.
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We were as prepared as we could be for the rainfall with the road barricades, having them ready. There's nothing we can do to hold the rain back, we just deal with it when it gets here.
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They've all been trying to bend over backwards to make sure we're OK. We'll have to wait and see; they've got a lot to do.