He will throw a loose slider, fingers centered on the ball, or a tight slider, his fingers on the seams but off-center, to manufacture the sharp spin that makes his breaking pitches slip quickly off the plane above home plate. He will throw any of these pitches in just about any order to either lefties or righties. And he can make the ball move left to right or right to left, to baffle a hitter on either side of the plate. No other pitcher in baseball works with so mayn variations. For me, it's easier to create and find a rhythm and release point, rather than stay with a particular arm angle.
True genius is sports shows itself first and foremost with a look.
Tiger and Jordan and Messier have one. So does Cone. His pale blues, peering in at the catcher, can somehow appear at ocne soft and plaintive or daring and devilish. But at moments of high frustration, when he loses that connection with his creative side, his cheeks have a way of turning pink and flushed. Joe Girardi knows this last look means trouble.