Detroit – Invariably, there will be a point during his start when Tigers rookie Spencer Turnbull will come back to the dugout, pull pitching coach Rick Anderson aside, and start talking about how his mechanics felt off, his front shoulder might’ve been flying open and his arm was lagging – how he just felt off.
And it’s at the point when Anderson will first resist the urge to scream, then resist the urge to order hypnosis for his hyper-vigilant pitcher and then, as calmly as he can, essentially give him the Crash Davis line from "Bull Durham" – "Don’t think, it can only hurt the ballclub.