Lookout Landing · Jul 29, 2015
Is Fernando Rodney Tipping His Pitches?
The Crash and Burn of the Fernando Rodney ExperienceDue to the speed of the game and its intrinsic call for repetition, baseball players at the highest level of their craft might be the closest thing to athletic machines you will find in this world. But baseball players are human, and humans are not machines. Every player has a chink in the armor. A hole in their swing. A gambler’s tell. Most of their flaws are barely perceptible or occur too close to the critical point to take advantage because baseball players excel at concealing flaws. It is an essential component to sustaining a major league career.