The New York Times Magazine presents an animated video showing the magic on Mariano Rivera’s cutter. The two things I took away from the presentation is that the spin of Mariano’s pitch is different than most cutters, and he’s extremely good at missing the middle of the plate.
Yep, me too.
Of course, everybody who watches baseball already knew those two things, but it’s fun to see them presented so clearly and compellingly.
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What i also found interesting was how often the cutter is up in the top half of the zone.