How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters

This is probably one of the best animations in regards to the effectiveness of a cutter and why it has become more and more common in baseball. One of the cooler uses of pitch f/x and 3-D trajectories so far to date. Only 2 minutes long, but well worth the look.

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When a guy throws cutters 85% (75% to righties; 99% to lefties in 2010) of the time...

pitch spin and pitch identification really doesn’t matter. He’s not “fooling” hitters. He’s just sticking the baseball right up their butts.

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by NoNameOnCard on Jul 2, 2010 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

That is a cool little feature

by Brett Perryman on Jul 2, 2010 2:44 PM CDT reply actions

Wow, I had been stalling watching this

Freakin’ awesome, fascinatingly awesome.

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by Rodney on Jul 3, 2010 4:56 PM CDT reply actions

This is greatness

I know that we are all supposed to hate the Yankees. And they have plenty of guys that I don’t have trouble rooting against. But I have always marveled at and respected the hell out of Rivera. So great. So money.

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by Hard8 on Jul 5, 2010 3:05 PM CDT reply actions