Yanks Back Rodon with Machine-Gun Attack
NY 8 Cleveland 4
Chisholm 2-RBI Triple
Grisham triple & great slide home on sac fly
Volpe RBI double
Rodon Quality Start
Headrick & Yarbrough close
Next: 7:30pm Fri in Toronto, Trey Yesavage vs Weathers
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Throwing harder doesn't cost you movement. It gives you more of it.
Velo and spin rate are directly linked. The harder you throw any pitch, the more spin it carries.
More spin = more movement. That's true for every pitch — fastball, slider, curveball, sinker, cutter.
Low velo doesn't mean more movement. It means less spin, which means less movement potential.
A soft tosser betting on his breaking ball is betting on a smaller version of what a hard thrower already has more of.
There's a second layer too. The harder you throw, the less time the hitter has to decide.
He speeds up his swing to catch the fastball. That means he commits earlier. Which means even a bad breaking ball gets a worse swing than it would against a soft arm.
Velo doesn't just help the fastball. It makes every pitch harder to hit.
So the choice isn't velo vs. movement. Choose velo. You get both.
Spencer Jones hits 1st HR; Jazz Blast Wins It
NY 3 Cleveland 2
Cole good but gassed after 4 on HUMID night
Spencer Jones 2-run HR in 2nd
Jazz HR puts NY up 3-2 in 8th
Fernando Cruz fantastic in save
Next: 1pm today in Clev, Parker Messick vs Rodon
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Babe Ruth at his father’s bar. Ruth used part of his World Series bonus from the Boston Red Sox in 1915 to purchase the bar for his father. He worked there full-time during the off-season before returning to baseball in Boston. His father later died in 1918 from injuries sustained while breaking up a fight outside the same bar.
@Yankees@Yankees_Blue That’s fly ball to deep center field that ball is high it is far it is gone!!! Spencer just hot one over the fencer! Miss you Jon
Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson get into a heated argument in the dugout. So heated, Yogi Berra had to pin down Billy cause he was challenging Reggie to a fist fight