Pitcher's Best Friendcardinals Catcher Molina a Master Behind the Plate
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › May 19, 2010
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ST. LOUIS - Chris Carpenter ranks his changeup as his fourth pitch. He's using it liberally if he throws it more than five times a game. It is the proverbial needle in Carpenter's pitching haystack.
So he thought it a neat idea on April 21 to do something different to Arizona Diamondbacks leadoff hitter and National League home run co-leader Kelly Johnson, a strong fastball hitter probably expecting a first-pitch fastball in his first at-bat.See the full content of this document
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Pitcher's Best Friendcardinals Catcher Molina a Master Behind the Plate
The idea is so novel that Carpenter expected it would come as a surprise to catcher Yadier Molina, even though Molina knows Carpenter like the back of his Gold Glove.
Two weeks after the fact, Carpe...See the full content of this document
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