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I took this screen shot just before he threw his final pitch for the fly out to Heyward. The intensity in his eyes that last inning was amazing.
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Arrieta is pulling a Steph Curry. He added that little action and became complete, but at this point it's time to start asking "have we ever seen a run like this before?"
Zambrano for half a summer was unhittable. I was living in Vegas and road him every 5 days. Arrieta has gotten there, I think early season has scared people and kept lines low, but I think there are only 10 aces in the league who will see Arrieta get under -200 again until he falters.
Not sure why -160 today to -195 at game time, backed by this lineup, clearly he is dialed in...
A reliever getting a start for this abomination of a Reds lineup without Votto carrying them...made no sense to me.
Man, I will say that he is a modern marvel for this. When we traded for him, I was happy with Strop because I thought he just needed a little guidance. Arrieta I wrote off because his command was so inconsistent. Think about how crazy this is in retrospect. Remember, Arrieta was a highly touted prospect. The stuff was always there but the command was inconsistent. He comes to the Cubs. Bosio studies tape of him. A guy that the Cubs hoped would be just a 5th starter for them at this point. He notices where he is on the rubber and suggest he moves so he doesn't throw across his body anymore. Jake takes to this like white on rice and he develops the slider/cutter which is truly what makes him devastating. The best part was he always had this slider/cutter(maybe not as good) but Baltimore had an organization policy that none of there pitchers can throw cutters. No lie. It is a policy of theirs. Think about that, Jake comes to the Cubs and becomes a superstar. He doesn't get thrown into the deal. He probably sits in Baltimore maybe as a fifth starter still being inconsistent. Funny how life works. Dude is a animal.
It's a good indication that players fail just as often because of where they are rather than what they are. It's also probably a good indication that coaches like Bosio are underpaid comparatively given their impact.
Trollin', trollin', trollin'Bosio is great, but his greatness is shown thru Hendricks and Hammels not really with Jake.
Yes, you got me. I'm trollin'.Trollin', trollin', trollin'
Brett05 keeps on trollin'
Rawhide
Wrong. Bosio saw what the Orioles had done trying to change his mechanics and made sure Jake went back to his old delivery. From there it was about release points. Part of great coaching is letting a player be who he is.Yes, you got me. I'm trollin'.
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Jake said himself before his start last year in the playoffs on ESPN 1000 for the Waddle and Silvy show that the reason he's come into his own is that he's been left to pitch as he always has and that the pitching coaches have let him be.
Bosio is still great.
And you can keep harping on hating the truth.
Bosio is great, but his greatness is shown thru Hendricks and Hammels not really with Jake.
Wrong. Bosio saw what the Orioles had done trying to change his mechanics and made sure Jake went back to his old delivery. From there it was about release points. Part of great coaching is letting a player be who he is.
I don't know that I agree. Well yeah he makes those two look good. But making good players great is as important to me.
I hear ya and really those guys look really good/great. We can only go off of what Jake himself has said. Everything else is wishful thinking/hearsay.
How about what Bosio, Hoyer and Theo have said? The transformation of Arrieta has been a team effort.
Yes, you got me. I'm trollin'.
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Jake said himself before his start last year in the playoffs on ESPN 1000 for the Waddle and Silvy show that the reason he's come into his own is that he's been left to pitch as he always has and that the pitching coaches have let him be.
Bosio is still great.
And you can keep harping on hating the truth.
You've chosen a very strange hill to die upon today.
Arrieta credits Bosio with helping him on mental preparation and many other intangible things, which is as much a part of coaching as anything else. Believe he is also the one who recommend Arrieta move to the 3rd base side of the mound for a better angle.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/10/07/levine-chris-bosio-a-big-key-to-jake-arrietas-success/
Ok, you're sort of parsing words to support a particular hypothesis. If the Cubs allowed Jake to be Jake then the natural opposite is that Baltimore did not. Recognizing that and correcting previous coaching mistakes is coaching whether you want to say that or not. C'mon Brett you have to know how silly denying any Bosio/Cubs input is.