Comments on: The Hammer of God in Pitch f/x form http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/ A New York Yankees Blog Mon, 28 May 2012 06:42:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Phranchise is back and fully loaded! | The Voice of Yankees Universe http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-354286 The Phranchise is back and fully loaded! | The Voice of Yankees Universe Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:22:30 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-354286 [...] How do these things happen? / The Hammer of God in Pitch f/x form [...] [...] How do these things happen? / The Hammer of God in Pitch f/x form [...]

]]> By: Sky http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-353951 Sky Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:10:24 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-353951 Good stuff. A couple things: 1. "it’s that the movement takes place late in it’s travel to the plate" Does this happen? Spin is going to cause pitches to travel in a parabola. There's no way to make pitches break later. Now, the faster they travel, the less time you have to react to the break, so it might seem "later", but it's not like a pitcher can make a pitch go more straighter initially than someone else, and then have it break at a later point the same amount. 2. Regarding Mo's release point, there are significant difference in the pitch f/x setups at different parks, making the same release point look different both horizontally and vertically. How about just looking at Mo's home games? And then maybe color code his pitches by away stadium so you can see consistency within in appearance. Good stuff. A couple things:

1. “it’s that the movement takes place late in it’s travel to the plate”

Does this happen? Spin is going to cause pitches to travel in a parabola. There’s no way to make pitches break later. Now, the faster they travel, the less time you have to react to the break, so it might seem “later”, but it’s not like a pitcher can make a pitch go more straighter initially than someone else, and then have it break at a later point the same amount.

2. Regarding Mo’s release point, there are significant difference in the pitch f/x setups at different parks, making the same release point look different both horizontally and vertically. How about just looking at Mo’s home games? And then maybe color code his pitches by away stadium so you can see consistency within in appearance.

]]> By: Joe M. http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352896 Joe M. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:08:39 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352896 I always forget that Mo had Tommy John surgery. Wikipedia always tells you silly things. I always forget that Mo had Tommy John surgery. Wikipedia always tells you silly things.

]]> By: Yankeegirl49 http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352781 Yankeegirl49 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:13:22 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352781 I havent even bothered to try... I havent even bothered to try…

]]> By: Chris http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352775 Chris Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:54:15 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352775 Maybe I have this backwards, but if the location plot is from the hitters view, it appears that almost all of the calls he gets are on backdoor cutters. He appears to get almost 3 inches of movement away from right handed hitters while the ball is in the zone, which would mean those pitches are actually much closer to strikes than they initially appear. Maybe I have this backwards, but if the location plot is from the hitters view, it appears that almost all of the calls he gets are on backdoor cutters. He appears to get almost 3 inches of movement away from right handed hitters while the ball is in the zone, which would mean those pitches are actually much closer to strikes than they initially appear.

]]> By: ClayBuchholzLovesLaptops http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352774 ClayBuchholzLovesLaptops Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:54:13 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352774 "slow mo" Blasphemy!!! “slow mo”

Blasphemy!!!

]]> By: Drew http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352771 Drew Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:49:17 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352771 Dude I know we've seen the cutter 1 million times, but the other day I saw an overhead slow mo view. The thing was 4 inches outside, off the plate to a lefty. A foot before the plate it took a B-line towards the plate and came over for a strike. The thing is just ridiculous, even if he lost a couple mph. Dude I know we’ve seen the cutter 1 million times, but the other day I saw an overhead slow mo view. The thing was 4 inches outside, off the plate to a lefty. A foot before the plate it took a B-line towards the plate and came over for a strike. The thing is just ridiculous, even if he lost a couple mph.

]]> By: RobC http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352770 RobC Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:48:57 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352770 what are the units along the X and Y axis? what are the units along the X and Y axis?

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352765 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:44:05 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352765 Actually, looking again at the angles, it's probably moving away faster and leaves before the back corner of the plate, more like two-thirds of the way back on the outside part of the plate (to a righty). Actually, looking again at the angles, it’s probably moving away faster and leaves before the back corner of the plate, more like two-thirds of the way back on the outside part of the plate (to a righty).

]]> By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside http://riveraveblues.com/2009/04/the-hammer-of-god-in-pitch-fx-form-10846/#comment-352764 tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:42:23 +0000 http://riveraveblues.com/?p=10846#comment-352764 So, given the bird's eye view and the catcher's view synthesized in your mind's eye, Mo's cutter enters the 3D box of the strike zone just below and to the right of the center of the plate and continues boring down and away from a righty, probably leaving the strike zone right about where the imaginary line extends upwards from the back right corner of the plate. Making it virtually impossible to square. So, given the bird’s eye view and the catcher’s view synthesized in your mind’s eye, Mo’s cutter enters the 3D box of the strike zone just below and to the right of the center of the plate and continues boring down and away from a righty, probably leaving the strike zone right about where the imaginary line extends upwards from the back right corner of the plate.

Making it virtually impossible to square.

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