Rick Peterson
Rick Peterson
Erick Harding "Rick" Petersonis the Director of Pitching Development for the Baltimore Orioles, as well as a former pitcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball. He was a pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, but is most notable as the pitching coach for the Oakland Athletics, New York Mets, and the Milwaukee Brewers. Peterson is known for his unique use of biomechanical research and psychological principles to help pitchers improve their pitching motions. His nicknames include "The Jacket"and "The...
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Personally, I think people make playing in New York a bigger deal than it really is.
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That's why they call it the 'New York Minute,' I think. They have about a minute's worth of patience for anything. It's the nature of this industry, and anybody who goes through a tough time. If I'm not mistaken, I think they were booing (Mariano) Rivera the other night. He's been pretty damn good.
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That?s why they call it a New York minute. They have about a minute?s worth of patience for anything. Which is the nature of this industry. If I?m not mistaken, they were booing (Mariano) Rivera the other night. I?d have to look myself in the mirror if I booed Mo. So nobody?s immune.
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It's understandable, I think, with New York fans. That's why they call it a New York minute. They've got about a minute's worth of patience for anything. If I'm not mistaken, I think they were booing Rivera the other night. He's been pretty damn good. Nobody is immune.
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They call it a New York minute. They've got about a minute's worth of patience. That's part of the industry.
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To me, that was worth the whole trip. I think he understands that young pitchers who settle into the big leagues quickly settle in not because they're fastball-curveball (pitchers) but because they're fastball-changeup.
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We were as prepared as we could be for the rainfall with the road barricades, having them ready. There's nothing we can do to hold the rain back, we just deal with it when it gets here.
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I don't think he's the same guy in his first four starts that he was in spring training. I think he's heading in that direction, but he's not there right now.
engage felt point rubber step took
He was getting to the point where he was going to engage the rubber like he does during the season. That was the step we wanted to take today. He took that step and he felt great.
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He has the aptitude to learn that. He understands he has the weapons it takes to flip a line-up three times and not become predictable.
kicked soul
I felt, ... like I got kicked in the soul.
rehearsing
He was awesome. He was very focused, and he was actually rehearsing sequences. He's not 100 percent, but he's getting there.
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We're going to wait and see how it is. They're looking at the shoe right now, and were going through how the shoe felt. It felt better. It's always still an adjustment. In fact, it felt great, and that's the biggest factor of all.
activity bit recovery
The recovery day is every bit as important as the activity day.