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THE CURVEBALL ... AND ITS MIXED MESSAGES

By Chris Sprow

Friday, July 25, 2008

An article in the latest issue of The Mag talks about the signing of 16-year-old Dominican pitcher Michael Inoa by the A's, saying: "With his above-average curveball and a 93 mph fastball that's projected to pick up even more speed as he gets older, the 6'7", righthanded Inoa could be a once-in-a-decade talent…." Wait. An "above-average" curveball? At 16? The kid must have learned to throw the pitch at, what, nine? We were always told not to even try to throw a curveball until we were ...

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