Robin Fuson - Judge & Pitching Coach - talks pitching & World Series

2 Wild Card Teams, Rangers & Diamondbacks, in World
Series

Recalling childhood of sneaking in a transistor radio into
the classroom to listen to the game

Robin throws his hat into the ring for RedSox GM

Teams that will not build their payroll including Miami – Kim
Ng & Derek Jeter departures

Could Kim Ng displace Brian Cashman at the Yankees

Baseball grind taking its toll on Max Scherzer

Do Bye teams lose some momentum?

Young guys that figure it out are coming up in the World
Series, Brandon Pfaadt

Diamondbacks & Rangers pitchers

When and who you put on the mound

Analytics can only carry a team so far

Kirby ready to come out after 6 innings

Robin Fuson's Spitball

Learning how to let hitters get themselves out 

Movement, Location & Variety – each pitch should have 2
different things

Greg Maddux – the template for pitching

Throwing hard & avoiding snap back to avoid injuries

Rays a farm team for the rest of the league

The eyes of Nate Eovaldi & Pete Fairbanks

Rehabbing Matt Young, Jim Corsi, Guillermo Willie Hernandez
in Oakland

Getting a pitcher’s mindset ready and facing the fear of
injury

Joe McIlvaine, Scout & later GM, gave Robin an objective
view on his pitching with tape on his sleeve 

Watching Tanyon Sturtze develop with a “I will fight you
every step of the way attitude”

World Series projections from beginning of regular season

National Media did not see the Diamondbacks coming. – just
ask Torey Lovullo

Motivation between Rangers & Astros after Hit By Pitch
with Anoldis Garcia

Was the hit intentional – What would Dusty say – with “money
on the table”

Pitcher sometimes have to brush back and/or hit a player to
send a message

Robin hits Brooks Jacoby and gets $200 league fine as benches
empty 

Chattanooga fans passed the hat & pay for Robin’s fine

Anoldis Garcia - would never see Nolan Ryan or Tom Seaver
flip a bat

Should we let baseball players have a scrum like hockey
players 

 Mexican League, Dominican Republic, Venezuelan &
Caracas Winter League 

Caribbean World Series – MLB players were there for their
countryman, Dave Concepcion, Tony Pena, Howard Johnson

World Baseball Classic – Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout

Pitch Clock – baseball was not meant to be a game to be
rushed. The joy of taking a moment to relish each play.

Double plays – Ground balls & Charlie Morton 

Off-speed sliders are a wonderful thing

Manager moves – Dusty Baker, Bob Melvin & more. Will we
see Joe Maddon or Buck Showalter pop up

MLB Winter Meetings – informal conversations & making
deals. Meeting friends like Tommy Lasorda, Chito Rodriguez

Decision time - work for free as an intern or become a judge

 United Baseball draft – Another league like LIV is for
golf – “Money Talks”

  Tommy Lasorda story 

Lovin the 7 game ALCS & NLCS Series

More tales from Robin on Twitter @slider_sinker



 All-American Women’s Baseball Tournament link


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