Robin Fuson - Judge & Pitching Coach - talks pitching & World Series

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• 2 Wild Card Teams, Rangers & Diamondbacks, in World Series
• Recalling childhood of sneaking in a transistor radio into the classroom to listen to the game
• Robin throws his hat into the ring for RedSox GM
• Teams that will not build their payroll including Miami – Kim Ng & Derek Jeter departures
• Could Kim Ng displace Brian Cashman at the Yankees
• Baseball grind taking its toll on Max Scherzer
• Do Bye teams lose some momentum?
• Young guys that figure it out are coming up in the World Series, Brandon Pfaadt
• Diamondbacks & Rangers pitchers
• When and who you put on the mound
• Analytics can only carry a team so far
• Kirby ready to come out after 6 innings
• Robin Fuson's Spitball
• Learning how to let hitters get themselves out
• Movement, Location & Variety – each pitch should have 2 different things
• Greg Maddux – the template for pitching
• Throwing hard & avoiding snap back to avoid injuries
• Rays a farm team for the rest of the league
• The eyes of Nate Eovaldi & Pete Fairbanks
• Rehabbing Matt Young, Jim Corsi, Guillermo Willie Hernandez in Oakland
• Getting a pitcher’s mindset ready and facing the fear of injury
• Joe McIlvaine, Scout & later GM, gave Robin an objective view on his pitching with tape on his sleeve
• Watching Tanyon Sturtze develop with a “I will fight you every step of the way attitude”
• World Series projections from beginning of regular season
• National Media did not see the Diamondbacks coming. – just ask Torey Lovullo
• Motivation between Rangers & Astros after Hit By Pitch with Anoldis Garcia
• Was the hit intentional – What would Dusty say – with “money on the table”
• Pitcher sometimes have to brush back and/or hit a player to send a message
• Robin hits Brooks Jacoby and gets $200 league fine as benches empty
• Chattanooga fans passed the hat & pay for Robin’s fine
• Anoldis Garcia - would never see Nolan Ryan or Tom Seaver flip a bat
• Should we let baseball players have a scrum like hockey players
• Mexican League, Dominican Republic, Venezuelan & Caracas Winter League
• Caribbean World Series – MLB players were there for their countryman, Dave Concepcion, Tony Pena, Howard Johnson
• World Baseball Classic – Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout
• Pitch Clock – baseball was not meant to be a game to be rushed. The joy of taking a moment to relish each play.
• Double plays – Ground balls & Charlie Morton
• Off-speed sliders are a wonderful thing
• Manager moves – Dusty Baker, Bob Melvin & more. Will we see Joe Maddon or Buck Showalter pop up
• MLB Winter Meetings – informal conversations & making deals. Meeting friends like Tommy Lasorda, Chito Rodriguez
• Decision time - work for free as an intern or become a judge
• United Baseball draft – Another league like LIV is for golf – “Money Talks”
• Tommy Lasorda story
• Lovin the 7 game ALCS & NLCS Series
• More tales from Robin on Twitter @slider_sinker

All-American Women’s Baseball Tournament link

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