Is everything fixed? Absolutely not. But this is a sign of progress. Or it's a sign of something, anyway. I have no idea if this is the key to unlocking Ian Snell, but I might as well stick to the story.
Be you warned, for here there be .gif(s).
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It's funny.
It almost looks as if he wants to point his foot towards third but remembers and points his foot home at the last second.
Hopefulmsfan - September 28, 2009
I think that's actually the recommended way to do it
You stay closed as long as possible.
Jeff Sullivan - September 28, 2009
OK.
I just never payed much attention to other pitchers feet before.
Hopefulmsfan - September 28, 2009
Yup, storing rotational energy
release hips/foot too early and your arm lags behind your whole body as you throw
seattlebruin - September 28, 2009
I thought the same thing
Dewey N - September 28, 2009
How do you do .gifs from MLBTV?
Anyone know?
ManifestDestiny - September 28, 2009
You have to use something like AVI Edit to convert the MLB.tv feed to a AVI file, then use something else to convert the AVI to a .gif.
Aaron Campeau - September 28, 2009
CamStudio - AVIedit
Jeff Sullivan - September 28, 2009
A good Snell would go a looong ways toward helping the Mariners compete next season.
Lets hope he can eek out another good one before the season is up.
lailaihei - September 28, 2009
There is like a 3 or 4 win difference between good Snell and bad Snell
Dewey N - September 28, 2009
Yeah, it's also the difference between good Snell and whoever would be our #5 guy if bad Snell didn't make the rotation out of ST.
Good Snell and good Tuiasosopo puts us pretty close to being a decent team next season, possibly a contender if GMZ can work some real magic on the FA and trade fronts again.
lailaihei - September 28, 2009
Well if he doubles all of the talent he trades away I think we could be playoff bound
Dewey N - September 28, 2009
Well, depending on how much talent we trade away...
But I dunno, even if we only get 1.2x return on the talent we trade away he’s done a damn good job.
He was GM of the year last offseason, I don’t know if he can repeat THAT kind of success, but I have pretty high hopes.
lailaihei - September 28, 2009
Yeah I suppose you're right
Dewey N - September 28, 2009
Was he able to maintain that throughout the game?
abender20 - September 28, 2009
I wasn't paying close attention and it's hard to discern precise angles from CF cam
From what I can tell, I’d go with off and on.
Jeff Sullivan - September 28, 2009
SnellHawk?
Slurvey - September 28, 2009
Maybe it gives him confidence
Dewey N - September 28, 2009
Yay for the SnellHawk!
section331 - September 28, 2009
The straighter foot allowed him to unlock the knee as well.
Good stuff. He wasn’t perfect all game but a big improvement.
JonBBT - September 28, 2009
I can't tell if I'm reading too much into it or not
but that last start made me awful optimistic.
Jeff Sullivan - September 28, 2009
Drayer, Twitter
Jeff Sullivan - September 28, 2009
She's aces.
abender20 - September 28, 2009
Does she know you're taken?
Dewey N - September 28, 2009
;)
Dewey N - September 28, 2009
I dunno if this fixed him, but he sure looks a lot less awkward now.
Heydude - September 29, 2009
Dudes
Give it up. Snell stinks, Wilson is fragile….neither will be in the bigs more than half of next season. The Pirates rooked us!
GeneClines - September 29, 2009
Nice try
Jeff Sullivan - September 29, 2009
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