Algunos hablan de la velocidad, otros del control, otros de la concentraci\u00c3\u00b3n. Sin embargo la principal caracter\u00c3\u00adstica de un pitcher es esa actitud competitiva que demuestra en la mirada, esa frialdad que le permite encontrar el lanzamiento adecuado del momento. Adem\u00c3\u00a1s de tratar de evitar a toda costa que los corredores anoten o que si lo hacen la incidencia sea m\u00c3\u00adnima.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0A lo largo de la historia del juego ha habido equipos que han basado sus grandes temporadas en la defensa y el pitcheo como los Dodgers de Los \u00c3\u0081ngeles de 1963 y 1965, los Cardenales de San Luis de 1982 y mediados de los ochenta o los Orioles de Baltimore desde mediados de los a\u00c3\u00b1os sesenta hasta mediados de los ochenta.<\/p>\n
En la LVBP, los Tiburones de La Guaira desde mediados de los a\u00c3\u00b1os sesenta hasta comienzos de los setenta, los Cardenales de Lara de las temporadas 1969-70 y 1970-71 y luego en los noventa y los Navegantes del Magallanes de las temporadas 1969-70, 1993-94 y 1996-97,\u00c2\u00a0tambi\u00c3\u00a9n representaban ese estilo de jugar a la pelota.<\/p>\n
Resultaba impresionante como Dave McNally, Jim Palmer, Steve Barber, Moe Drabowski, Miguel Cuellar, Eddie Watt, Pat Dobson, Scott McGregor, Steve Stone, Mike Flannagan, Ross Grimsley, Dennis Mart\u00c3\u00adnez, Mike Boddiker, manten\u00c3\u00adan efectividades alrededor o por debajo de 3.00 carreras limpias por cada 9 innings. Otra marca particular de esos cuerpos de lanzadores era que por lo general cada pitcher permit\u00c3\u00ada menos de 30 cuadrangulares.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Aqu\u00c3\u00ad en Venezuela era todo un espect\u00c3\u00a1culo ver un juego donde lanzara Marcelino L\u00c3\u00b3pez, Gene Brabender, Mike Hedlund, Larry Jaster, Eddie Watt, Jerry Crider, Jim Shellenback, Steve Bailey, Jack Billingham, Don Eddy, Dick Baney; Jay Ritchie, Danny Morris. El fantasma del blanqueo rondaba el estadio adem\u00c3\u00a1s de la posibilidad del extrainning.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Hace poco le\u00c3\u00ad una entrevista que Dave Laurila le hizo \u00c2\u00a0Mike Boddiker en referencia a que \u00c3\u00a9l junto a Jim Palmer, Mike Krukow y Joaqu\u00c3\u00adn Andujar eran los \u00c3\u00banicos pitchers que nunca permitieron un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n con las bases llenas a lo largo de su carreras en Grandes Ligas. Palmer (3948 innings), Krukow (2190 innings), And\u00c3\u00bajar (2153 innings), Boddiker (2123 innings).<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Boddiker declar\u00c3\u00b3 que en su primer entrenamiento primaveral le pregunt\u00c3\u00b3 a Palmer sobre c\u00c3\u00b3mo era eso que nunca hab\u00c3\u00ada permitido un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n con las bases llenas. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Me respondi\u00c3\u00b3 que era mejor recibir una carrera que cuatro. Cuando ten\u00c3\u00ada las bases llenas siempre apretaba el brazo para que si acaso le hicieran una carrera\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0En una entrevista anterior Palmer le dijo a Laurila que la filosof\u00c3\u00ada de Earl Weaver era, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153si te dan un jonr\u00c3\u00b3n, que sea solitario\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, nunca permitas que sea de tres carreras. Esa era la base de aquellos equipos de Baltimore. Defensa, pitcheo y evitar jonrones de tres carreras.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Ignoro cual era la filosof\u00c3\u00ada del pitcheo de Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Antonio Casanova, Tony Pacheco, Wilfredo Calvi\u00c3\u00b1o o Carlos Pascual. No me extra\u00c3\u00b1ar\u00c3\u00ada que entre las sugerencias que le hac\u00c3\u00adan a sus lanzadores estuviera \u00e2\u20ac\u0153traten de evitar que les den jonrones con gente en base\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
Alfonso L. Tusa C.<\/p>\n
English translation<\/p>\n
Pitching philosophy<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Some people talk about speed, others about control, other about focusing. But the main signal of a good pitcher is that competitive attitude he shows in his stare, that steadiness that allows him to find the right delivery at the precise time. Besides of trying to avoid the scoring of the runners or if that happens the objective is to reduce it to the minimum.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Through the large history of the game there have existed teams that have built their great performances\u00c2\u00a0on defense and pitching as the 1963 and 1965 Los \u00c3\u0081ngeles Dodgers, the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals or the Baltimore Orioles from the middle sixties through the middle eighties.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0In the Venezuelan winter league the La Guaira Sharks from the middle sixties through the early seventies, the 1969-70, 1970-71 Lara Cardinals and the 1969-70, 1993-94, 1996-97 Magallanes Navigators, also played depending on defense and pitching.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s impressing the way as Dave McNally, Jim Palmer, Steve Barber, Moe Drabowski, Miguel Cuellar, Eddie Watt, Pat Dobson, Scott McGregor, Steve Stone, Mike Flannagan, Ross Grimsley, Dennis Mart\u00c3\u00adnez, Mike Boddiker, kept their ERA around or below the 3.00 earned runs per 9 innings. Other particular sign of those pitching staffs was that every pitcher allowed less than 30 homers per season.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Here in the Venezuelan winter league it was a great show to watch a game hurled by Marcelino L\u00c3\u00b3pez, Gene Brabender, Mike Hedlund, Larry Jaster, Eddie Watt, Jerry Crider, Jim Shellenback, Steve Bailey, Jack Billingham, Don Eddy, Dick Baney; Jay Ritchie or Danny Morris. The shutout\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ghost fooled around the ballpark besides the chance of playing an extrainning.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Recently I read an interview Dave Laurila had with Mike Boddiker referring that he along with Jim Palmer, Mike Krukow and Joaqu\u00c3\u00adn Andujar were the only pitchers that never allowed a single homer with the bases loaded through their whole career in the Big Show. Palmer (3948 innings), Krukow (2190 innings), And\u00c3\u00bajar (2153 innings), Boddiker (2123 innings).<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Boddiker said that in his first spring training he asked Palmer how was that he never had allowed a homer with the bases loaded. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He answered me that it was better one run than four. When he had the bases loaded he tried to keep the ball the lowest he could.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0In a prior interview Palmer told Laurila that Earl Weaver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s philosophy was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You could give up solos, but you don’t want to give up three-run shots.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That was it, pitching, defense, and three-run homers.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0I ignore what was the pitching philosophy of Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Antonio Casanova, Tony Pacheco, Wilfredo Calvi\u00c3\u00b1o or Carlos Pascual. It wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t surprise me that among the advices they gave their pitchers could be this: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Try to avoid homers with any runner on base\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n
Alfonso L. Tusa C.<\/p>\n
Alfonso is a writer whose work has been featured in Venezuela\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s daily newspaper, El Nacional and in the magazine Gente en Ambiente, and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s collaborated on several articles for newspapers, including the daily paper Tal Cual. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also written three books and biographies for SABR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s BioProject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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