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...
bigger deal people playing york
Personally, I think people make playing in New York a bigger deal than it really is.
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That's why they call it the 'New York Minute,' I think. They have about a minute's worth of patience for anything. It's the nature of this industry, and anybody who goes through a tough time. If I'm not mistaken, I think they were booing (Mariano) Rivera the other night. He's been pretty damn good.
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That?s why they call it a New York minute. They have about a minute?s worth of patience for anything. Which is the nature of this industry. If I?m not mistaken, they were booing (Mariano) Rivera the other night. I?d have to look myself in the mirror if I booed Mo. So nobody?s immune.
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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 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.
year
There are always going to be spikes of inconsistency. Getting through the first year without a setback is huge.
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To me, that was worth the whole trip. I think he understands that young pitchers who settle into the big leagues quickly settle in not because they're fastball-curveball (pitchers) but because they're fastball-changeup.
four guy heading spring starts
I don't think he's the same guy in his first four starts that he was in spring training. I think he's heading in that direction, but he's not there right now.
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We're going to wait and see how it is. They're looking at the shoe right now, and were going through how the shoe felt. It felt better. It's always still an adjustment. In fact, it felt great, and that's the biggest factor of all.
activity bit recovery
The recovery day is every bit as important as the activity day.
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I got to know him very well. He is a great guy.
I don't know why. But if we weren't that way, we'd be way out of it by now.
giant small step
One small step for Pedro, one giant step for the Mets.
open puts track
This puts him on track to open all our options.