(In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) One of baseball’s most enduring modern myths revolves around the notion that Mariano Rivera has dominated as a closer by using only one pitch. Although Rivera does rely heavily on his much heralded cutter, he also judiciously uses a pinpoint [...]
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Cutter Above: A Video Analysis of Mariano Rivera
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