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When I lived in Memphis I would drive to StL fur 2-3 series each season. I did that from 1983 to about 1998. Even when the team was very good occasionally they would drop the series I was at, lol and when they were bad sometimes they’d win the series….just how it goes.
I also went to games 3 & 4 of the 2004 World Series – we all remember how that turned out but I don’t regret going at all.
I also used to go to some of the AAA games in Memphis when I lived there. I made a point to go see Rick Ankiel pitch. 59-60 mph change up to go with a 95+ mph fastball. Such a shame he got the yips
Anyhow – my point is that whenever I’d go to StL while the ballgames were the focal point, I always enjoyed all the other things the downtown area had to offer including dinner at Shannon’s and hitting Laclede’s Landing, Union Station Mall, Busch Gardens, Forest Park, the Italian Restaurants on The Hill, the Arch, etc …
Andres knuckle-curve has all kinds of bite, but all he can do is short hop the catcher. Surely they are trying to reshape the pitch, but it’s action hasn’t change.
Four of his last five outings he hasn’t had it and got blown up. He is currently an opener, an inning at a time, and have a piggy-back ready.Wainwright used to bring his knuckle-curve in from the lights, looking for maximum drop. Andre throws his more like a slider, like Gallegos did, without GG’s command of it. Just for grins, throw it at the umps head, maybe it doesn’t bounce!
I assume a knuckle curve would be rather more unpredictable than a regular curve. Anyway, the idea with any breaking ball is it doesn’t end up right in the wheelhouse, unless it is Wainwright pitching to Beltran.
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