OK, This is Kinda Cool.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

More than "kinda," actually. Specific MFY subject matter notwithstanding.

More, please, iTimes.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Now do Ollie.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What, "how to find the phantom owie?"

[Guest holychicken]

Oh, I always thought it was just Jeter's awesomeness that caused the ball to bend like that. Who knew?

[Fman99]

No wonder he's getting so many outs. You can't expect a batter to hit 300 balls all at once like that.

[Zvon]

This is VERY kool.
My 14 yr old nephew is a pitcher and a good one, and he must see this.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The thing I found most telling was not the movement of his cutter, but his ability to avoid the middle 1/3 of the plate. All of his pitches for a year, and very few were in the center of the plate.

It would seem to me that a right handed batter should try crowding the plate against Riviera. That would allow them to better reach the cutter as it tails away from them. Such an approach would invite Riviera to try to jam the hitter with a 4 seam fastball, which isn't his preferred or best pitch. Plus, it gives the benefit of easier pitch recognition, since any pitch on the inside corner to a right hander batter is almost assuredly a fastball since a cutter would break over the center of the plate, which Riviera and most pitchers try to avoid.

Of course, I understand that Riviera would be a handful for virtually any batter, but I believe that as a hitter, you have to try to adapt to what the pitcher is trying to do to you in order to give yourself the best chance at success.

[Zvon]

Rockin' Doc wrote: The thing I found most telling was not the movement of his cutter, but his ability to avoid the middle 1/3 of the plate. All of his pitches for a year, and very few were in the center of the plate. It would seem to me that a right handed batter should try crowding the plate against Riviera. That would allow them to better reach the cutter as it tails away from them. Such an approach would invite Riviera to try to jam the hitter with a 4 seam fastball, which isn't his preferred or best pitch. Plus, it gives the benefit of easier pitch recognition, since any pitch on the inside corner to a right hander batter is almost assuredly a fastball since a cutter would break over the center of the plate, which Riviera and most pitchers try to avoid. Of course, I understand that Riviera would be a handful for virtually any batter, but I believe that as a hitter, you have to try to adapt to what the pitcher is trying to do to you in order to give yourself the best chance at success.

I seriously think you have something there Doc.

That be kool if this vid results in everyone figurin out how to get to him.
Hey, remember this if we play the Skanks in the series this year.