http://www.miller-mccune.com/blogs/news-blog/mounds-of-trouble-for-baseball-pitchers-4677/ Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miller-mccune.com/blogs/news-blog/mounds-of-trouble-for-baseball-pitchers-4677/#comment-117 Derek Glanz Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:15:53 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2008/03/25/mounds-of-trouble-for-baseball-pitchers/#comment-117 This does not surprise me. As a player (35+) and reporter (fmr Dominican Correspondent, Baseball America), I think the mounds can have adverse affects, especially if you did not grow up throwing off these ungodly high ones. When I made my comeback recently, I emulated the style of Dominicans, practiced off-mound, then strained my elbow throwing on mound. I had experienced a great increase in velocity emulating Dominican throwers like Pedro M and KRod. They throw from a low-3/4 angle and fall of the mound, as I was doing. But this causes undue strain and I bet many careers have been left in the dust due to the strain this causes (notwithistading the success of the aforementioned, but there are rumblings about KRods durability, though I think some of that is posturing by club scouts as he heads toward free agency). Just a related hypothesis...-Derek This does not surprise me. As a player (35+) and reporter (fmr Dominican Correspondent, Baseball America), I think the mounds can have adverse affects, especially if you did not grow up throwing off these ungodly high ones. When I made my comeback recently, I emulated the style of Dominicans, practiced off-mound, then strained my elbow throwing on mound. I had experienced a great increase in velocity emulating Dominican throwers like Pedro M and KRod. They throw from a low-3/4 angle and fall of the mound, as I was doing. But this causes undue strain and I bet many careers have been left in the dust due to the strain this causes (notwithistading the success of the aforementioned, but there are rumblings about KRods durability, though I think some of that is posturing by club scouts as he heads toward free agency). Just a related hypothesis…-Derek

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