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Will Carroll on good vs. bad pitching mechanics

For those of you who are big fans of Baseball Prospectus' Will Carroll, you'll enjoy this piece. He's stopped by this blog on a number of occasions and emailed me about the gyroball. Carroll recently did a video piece for MLB.com about inefficient pitching mechanics, highlighting five major league pitchers -- all who've spent time on the disabled list because of poor mechanics.

Click here to watch the video. Most pitching injuries come from how all the torque from throwing a baseball with high velocity is absorbed by the rest of the body. How you stride and follow through has a huge impact on how healthy you will be.

Discuss this video with other pitching enthusiasts here.

Posted by Steven Ellis on April 28, 2007
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