Aug 20
Alex Eisenberg of Baseball-Intellect just gave me a heads up to a feature that he’s done on “Breaking Down the Pitching Mechanics of Joba Chamberlain.”
Click here to see it.
Alex’s work is a nice follow-up to the piece that Driveline Mechanics did this past April on Joba.
Again, it seems that an abrupt finish/short follow-through is the finding that’s the biggest yellow light for Chamberlain’s delivery. Then again, watching the video now, it seems like I’m seeing a little of Catfish Hunter’s delivery when I’m watching Joba…frame by frame, slowed down. And, Hunter was a horse for ten years…before he broke down.
What pitcher do you see when you look at Chamberlain’s mechanics?
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August 20th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Watch Randy Johnson ( post 2004 version ) when he isnt trying to throw the ball as hard as possible.
His follow through and dangling leg drive are both similar to Joba’s.
I am reaching though.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:58 am
Everybody’s physiology is different, thus you cannot make a **cookie cutter** delivery.
That, and read the Sandy Koufax book. If he was pitching today they’d have him on the DL 2/3rds of every season. Me, I’ll take short, dominant careers.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:06 pm
[...] Here’s an interesting read at Baseball-Intellect, where the author breaks down Joba’s throwing mechanics and analyzes the probability of injury in relation to those mechanics. I would think that those adrenaline-induced fist pumps and celebratory spins are probably the biggest mechanical issues for Joba (…), although throwing 100 mph may, in fact, be worse for his body (…). For whatever reason, I read the article yesterday, sent it to my little brother (he’s a pitcher), and then totally forgot about it (sorry guys). Either way, it’s been floating around the internet, but I saw it first at WW. [...]