As a Red Sox fan, I sometimes took for granted how awesome it was seeing Pedro take the mound every five days. Great piece. I long for the good, ol' days too.
I miss the character, the rough edges of yesteryear. No way Gary Sheffield or Eric Davis makes it to the majors today without some ‘guru’ trying to ‘fix’ their swings. The game feels so homogeneous. Three outcome hitters and throwers with no command. But I feel like the game is evolving again towards more situational hitting and emphasis on defense. But I think we are stuck with the polish
Who was it that played for the Rangers way back in the day and had that really unique batting stance? Maybe Reuben Sierra or Julio Franco? You’d never see a guy like that today. Or the wide stance of Jeff Bagwell? They might not make it today because some coach would technique all the natural ability out of them. Pedro reminds me of that in pitching version.
The thing even more impressive about Pedro is that he dominated in the steroid era...when a 4.00 ERA was pretty good.
As a Red Sox fan, I sometimes took for granted how awesome it was seeing Pedro take the mound every five days. Great piece. I long for the good, ol' days too.
nothing fires me up like pedro pointing at his head to the yankees dugout in ‘03
I miss the character, the rough edges of yesteryear. No way Gary Sheffield or Eric Davis makes it to the majors today without some ‘guru’ trying to ‘fix’ their swings. The game feels so homogeneous. Three outcome hitters and throwers with no command. But I feel like the game is evolving again towards more situational hitting and emphasis on defense. But I think we are stuck with the polish
Sheff = all time great stance
Who was it that played for the Rangers way back in the day and had that really unique batting stance? Maybe Reuben Sierra or Julio Franco? You’d never see a guy like that today. Or the wide stance of Jeff Bagwell? They might not make it today because some coach would technique all the natural ability out of them. Pedro reminds me of that in pitching version.
Both Franco and Sierra had unique stances. I still have no idea how Franco hit holding the bat like that.
people who didn’t grow up watching Pedro pitch don’t really “get” what pitching is the same way… Pedro was a honey badger out there
At his best, Pedro was unhittable
Fun read. Love Pedro. But Judge, he’s a beast in any era.
Great Piece of writing and I totally agree. Just fantastic.