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REPORTING FROM: BRAD LIDGE'S FILTHY SLIDER

By Jorge Arangure Jr.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Memo to major league pitchers: Why your slider will never be as good as Brad Lidge's slider. Because his slider dives downward while yours probably moves laterally. "He gets on top of it very well and that takes the hump out of it," Rays first baseman Carlos Pena said. "You see his hand and the ball comes straight down from his hand instead of popping from the hand." Because you're not 6-foot-5, 200 pounds. "I don't know if you'd have to reinvent yourself to throw that slider," free age ...

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