Article: BOSTON RED SOX SCOUTING REPORT.(Sports)

Article: A VERY IMPRESSIVE CARD TRICK LONBORG'S MAGIC: TWO GAMES, 4 HITS
The Boston Globe;  November 4, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... those days like they do now. We might get a couple of lines on each hitter, like `first-ball fastball hitter' or `can't hit the breaking pitch.' It was just the most basic information. So I decided that I was just going to go after them ...

Article: St. Louis Cardinals
Sporting News;  September 23, 2002 ;     577 words ... ... He can hit the long ball. He has reached double figures despite spot duty. Perez is a fastball hitter, but he can pound a mistake breaking pitch. Perez hits lefthanders much better, which is significant because this team has struggled ...

Article: The mechanics of a breaking pitch.(includes related ...
Popular Mechanics;  April 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Such is the power of the unexpected breaking pitch in baseball, especially when a power ... sitting on a pitcher's fastball. The breaking pitch--curveball, split-finger, slurve ... fastball but was able to adjust to a breaking pitch that started out wide of the strike ...

Article: Breaking pitch
Sporting News;  February 5, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Everyone has potential, but every now and then it is the other way around. That is the case with Ben McDonald. Potential has him the way he used to stronghold those gators back in the bayou. He will report to Arizona this month with the Brewers' pitchers and catchers, bringing more major league

Article: Fehr's breaking pitch Players union chief to retire ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 23, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Donald Fehr announced plans Monday to retire as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, during a time of unprecedented labor peace yet continued criticism for use of performance-enhancing drugs in the past by his constituency. Fehr, who turns 61 next month, said he

Article: Ace's breaking pitch appears to be outside
The Boston Globe;  February 23, 2007 ;     700+ words ...FORT MYERS, Fla. - Another bizarro day at the Red Sox spring training site. At 7:30 a.m., Curt Schilling went on his user-friendly radio program to announce that contract extension talks had broken off and he'll be a free agent after the season. Two-and-a-half hours later, owner John W. Henry said

Article: THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: BREAKING PITCH (STARTING ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  May 10, 1997 ;     465 words ...Byline: Dave Campbell Nolan Ryan is known for his fastball, but the games he overpowered hitters it was his curveball that was clicking. Hitters couldn't hang in when they saw that pitch coming at them, even if they knew it was going to break. Pitcher, teamKey statisticComment .1. Darryl Kile,