Pitching Vs. Throwing an Overlooked But Important Comparison

The picture tells the story. A man on the mound just trying to hurl the ball, throw the dirtiest of the dirty. Yes this is what happens when someone gets in that mode, he soon finds himself handing the ball to the manager in disgust.

Less is more, less is more, less is more, less is more!!! A pitcher needs to understand that trying to K everybody is not the way to go. The most electric stuff in the world is no good unless you know how to pitch.

Pitching is an art, not just physical talent from freaks of nature that can hit a gun at 95 miles per hour. In fact, having tons of velocity is the last priority in pitching successfully . I'm feeling it's time we relearn what a pitcher needs to do to succeed.

Location, location, location

This clichéd phrase is key in pitching. Throw strikes, mix location, high, low, in, out. This is what happened to CC against Baltimore. Walks kill, give as few free passes as you can. When you can only locate one pitch you're in trouble.

Mix speeds

Sorry, but you can't be throwing four fastballs in a row and expect to win.

The pitcher has to be unpredictable, not just hurling one pitch trying to find the zone and then throwing a curve over and over because that's all you can throw for strikes. The only possible reason I can think of for throwing the same pitch three times in a row is when it's a knuckleball and even a good knuckleballer mixes speeds.

"Don't try to make the perfect pitch, just focus on making a good one." - Greg Maddux

Pitch to contact

Batters will get themselves out, K's are not always necessary, a luxury sure but just get outs however you can.

I sure hope you all understand these simple, basic and absolutely elementary components of pitching as I hope CC and the Yankees staff learns to do, please guys, pitch, don't throw.