Houston or Pilky tonight?

[Old Fart Dawg]

Anybody know?

 

[57stratdawg]

It sounds like Houston. Cohen said they corrected an arm path issue a few weeks back which has really benefited him. If that's true, Houston is the better option.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

He earned it with his performance against Bama in the SECT. Can't say I'm not nervous though.

The pen has been solid lately so hopefully he has the good stuff.

 

[GOOD_DAWG2.0]

Gotta wonder how many arms CSF or LaTech has seen throwing 96/97 off the bump. I'm thinking Houston

 

[GOOD_DAWG2.0]

Although, I will add that Houston (when he's off) tends to have his fastball run to the arm side. Did anyone else notice that CSF was leaning into pitches to get HBP and get on base? That could potentially be an issue if Houston pitches

 

[RocketDawg]

Speaking of speed ... ever been to the Louisville Slugger plant? I went some years ago, but at the time they had a pitching machine with a "catcher" set up to watch, and I think the machine was set to throw about a 100 mph fast ball. It was incredibly fast ... actually hard to follow.

I used to think of myself as a decent hitter. There was a batting cage near a Putt Putt course in sort of an entertainment area, and you could get in and select your speed, all the way up to what they called Major League. Well ... I got in there and tried Major League, and it was downright scary. I couldn't hit a thing.

 

[00Dawg]

It just takes getting used to. My brothers were fairly talented ballplayers and we had a pitching machine that would top 100 MPH. If you managed to square anything at that speed, it looked really, really good coming off the bat. Of course when you start throwing any sort of movement in there (independent speed controls for the wheels), forget it, you're not squaring up jack.