2009 world baseball classic Stories - SB Nation
WBC Pitch Speeds Revisited
After round one in Toronto, I found that each pitcher who played in a WBC game there was throwing the ball slower than a previous outing in the same park. Depending on which game you picked, you...
WBC Semi-Final Starter Suk Min Yoon
Suk Min Yoon will face Carlos Silva in the first semi-final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Yoon has made one appearance already in a PITCHf/x park (Petco), against Japan on St. Patrick's Da...
WBC PITCHf/x: Más de Cuba
Cuba faces Japan in another re-match of the 2006 World Baseball Classic final. This time, the loser goes home but the winner only qualifies for the semi-finals. In Cuba's last game, they ...
Hello, Yu - Darvish f/x
Yu Darvish took the bump for Team Japan on Tuesday night, a much anticipated appearance by the phenomenal young pitcher. Darvish had some trouble with his location early, gave up three run...
Cuba PITCHf/x
Cuba and Japan got together in San Diego for a rematch of the 2006 WBC Championship. It's a rare treat to see the Cubans play on American soil, and getting PITCHf/x on their star pitchers is a c...
Pitching Before Ready - Effect on WBC Fastballs
This headline reflects an assumption - pitchers in the WBC aren't at full strength. The rules and performance seem to agree, though. As does the PITCHf/x data. Fourteen pitchers have appe...
Cody Cillo's Palmball
The WBC has been a blast for PITCHf/x analysis. One of the more interesting targets is an American-born Italian leaguer named Cody Cillo. Cillo plays in the Italian pro league, and has som...
Graph of the Day: Change-Ups from the WBC
This ends the Felix and Friends Flight Path series. LaMura for the third time, and special guest, Cody Cillo. Cillo's 67mph "change-up" looks quite short compared to Felix's splitter, eh...
Graph of the Day: Sliders from the WBC
Felix again with the power pitch. LaMura returns with a droopy looking slider. Corradini throws a pitch that looks a lot like Hernandez's, with less velocity.
Graph of the Day: Curveballs from the WBC
More Felix, as promised. From Hernandez to Maestri to Oswalt, you get three speeds and three looks.
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