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Porcello's fastball will be his tell

By Buster Olney

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Rick Porcello's fastball will be his tell Tuesday, a longtime scout said Monday. A poker player might betray something with the way he shifts in his chair or raises his head or touches his glasses; for Porcello, the scout maintained, the fastball will tell us everything about how the young pitcher is feeling. And if the Tigers starting pitcher is nervous, well, that wouldn't be a surprise. He is still a couple of months from his 21st birthday, and Tuesday afternoon he will walk through a hurric ...

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