Minneapolis — Jack Morris, the winningest pitcher of the 1980s, can empathize with what Justin Verlander went through recently with the Indians.
Tipping pitches, which is what Verlander and the Tigers believe was at the crux of the Indians’ nine-run assault last weekend, is something Morris dealt with, too.
“Yeah, for like three months,” he said. “And I found out after the fact that I was tipping my pitches. Just a stupid, simple thing that I wasn’t aware of.
Which is ironic because nobody on our side, including our pitching coach, saw me doing it.”
It was in 1983 and teams caught on to Morris tipping his forkball.