NET, 7IP 7K 0BB 5H 1ER to earn a ‘W’

MAINE’S DOMINANT HIGH RIDER, LIKE PELF’S THROWN AT KNEES RISES TO WHEELHOUSE & BECOMES, “HERE’S YOUR SOUVENIER, THANK YOU & COME AGAIN!”
jdon, I didn’t come by these observations suddenly, they actually became apparent during the ’07 Collapse, as I witnessed the failures of those 2-”FOUR LETTER” WORD PITCHERS MOTA & SOSA. though I’d never really cared for either as opponents or Mets, they both had had the ability to get the occasional required K; but in ’07 time after time w RISP, I was watching grondball after groundball sneak through with nary a K. Why? Suddenly, I was watching these 2 former firebrands “pitch to contact” lo & behold they wewre resembling our young starters more & more. Those Peterson left alone; Santana, Martinez have always been their own beast counsel. I pay Warthem’s had enough time now to deprogram these young talents from the PETERSON CULT!

Pitch counts is the downfall of this game. John Maine himself denounced pitch counts on a TV interview the other day. I’m sorry i can’t remember what show.

If you were given the pitch counts of 5 starts for example – 97, 104, 54, 78. That tells you NOTHING. Is the 104 pitches in 9 innings or 4?

On the other hand, if the last 5 years a pitcher’s innings respectively were 198, 234, etc. You get the idea. That tells you a LOT.

That’s the way the game has been over one hundred years. Pitch counts weaken pitcher’s arms and take away the true competitiveness of the game.
Back in the day we had 4 man rotations with a 5th spot starter and there were less injuries because arms were stronger.

The Problem stems from Peterson’s philosophy that ALL pitchers are more successful throwing at the knees(strings). While this is a general method of improving the results obtained by pitcher’s more likely to induce contact than swings/misses. Controlling contact for contact pitchers is Peterson’s methodology. Just imagine with that mantra neither Gooden or Seaver would ever attain what they did. Peterson hated curveballs forcing their elimination in favor of sliders. Peterson also shunned High Heat in favor of low contact inducing GB. Imagine ‘DOC’ being forced to abandon both his HIGH RIDER & LORD CHARLES, BOTH! All 3 of our Enigmas were Petersonized to negative results. Maine’s naturally sneaky riding fastball was forced down to the knees by Peterson. Answer me this; Where does a riding fastball end up when aimed at the knees? Actual answer: THE WHEELHOUSE! Actual reasult: THE GRANDSTANDS! Peterson’s obsession over Perez’ arm angles ignored the directionality of his frame/body. While his follow through was meandering & working against his arm angle, his pitches were scattered. Pelfrey was reinvented from a College power pitcher with a heavy sinking fastball & a nasty biting curve, he was forced to backpocket the curve in favor of a mediocre slider. btw, sinkers aimed at knees end up below resulting in BB. Rather than take what 3 pitchers had naturally & molding it into a useful repetoire, Peterson chose to breakdown their natural approaches & forcefeed pitches resulting in 3 very confused talents not likely to achieve their potential.(this philosophical difference wa exactly what caused Peterson to rejecr those that refused to be converted:Kazmir,Bell, Lindstrum) This, I understand, was Petersonization from the start of his coaching career. Is it any wonder why none of his 3 Oakland proteges have ever opted for a reunion?
We are fortunate the Omar demanded Jeff’s solution,Peterson, be fired along with Willie as his pound of flesh! Since Maine became injured shortly after Petrerson’s dismissal, his exposure to Warthen was minimized until after his return last yr. One quote, I distinctly recall from Warthen’s first Burkhardt interview regarding philosophy of pitching was Dan’s quip, “I LOVE A HIGH HARD ONE!” LET US PRAY! Maine’s first start after returning under Warthenization was 7IP,7K, 0BB!
AFT! LBM!
Warthen has also ignored Perez’ arm angles in favor of ensuring his total delivery is aimed toward home plate, not the opposing dugout.
All 3-Enigmas, look lost/confused at times since, Peterson had them do what they found UNNATURAL inatead of Naturally doing what they could.

I also wonder if perhaps he’d be further along career-wise if he would have had some guidance, be it a good pitching coach, a better manager or a mentor.