August 26, 2009
KANSAS CITY, Mo.: It took awhile. That’s the way it works, especially for younger, less experienced relief pitchers who drop their arm down and throw sidearm. Those pitchers can’t be trusted, according to conventional baseball wisdom. If they throw with their right arm, like Joe Smith of the Indians, left-handers get a longer look at [...]
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August 5, 2009
CLEVELAND: Apparently, Jess Todd is quick study. In his first two minor league seasons with the Cardinals, he was a starter almost exclusively. Then he came to the spring training this year and got the word. “They told me I was going to the bullpen,” Todd said Tuesday, after being recalled from Columbus by the [...]
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