Best of all time. To rely on one pitch, the whole ballpark, 50, people knew what was coming and to dominate like that? There have been many words used to describe Rivera's career — dominant, iconic, untouchable among them. But one word that may not have been used as much as it should have been? Rivera's career boiled down to one pitch. His cutter is something he tried to teach others, but there was something magical about the way it left his hand — the way the ball darted in at lefties and away from the barrel of right-handed bats, sawing off bat handles and catching the black of the plate.
Coming from Rivera's arm, it was truly a one-of-a-kind pitch that belongs among the best the game has ever seen. Throwing that one pitch made things easier for everyone — except opposing batters. Austin Romine, the current Yankees catcher who was breaking into the majors in Mo's final season, echoed Cash's sentiment on the simplicity of catching him.
Unbelievably easy," Romine told SN. The ball's gonna be where I call it, there's not much else going on. It's usually a cutter. He logged innings over 96 appearances, notching a microscopic 0. Absolutely amazing considering he produced those results pitching against the best teams in baseball at the highest-leverage moments of the biggest games of the season — and he did it year after year for nearly two decades.
How about the number ? Have you heard that one? We always knew that Rivera was special, and that he would gain induction on the first ballot. But his unanimous election pushes him to the very center of that inner circle in Cooperstown. Way to go, Mo. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. In its heyday, it was a mids offering that broke so sharply and suddenly away from righty hitters and towards the hands of lefty hitters that, even though they knew it was coming, they had almost no chance against it.
Buy Mariano Rivera Yankees gear: Fanatics. In the video, Rivera, sitting at a table, displays the grip he used and explains how it should be thrown. You have to put pressure on the middle finger. This is real important, guys.
For young pitchers, though, there is a tendency to turn the hand too much toward the slider position, getting a "doorknob" action with the hand that can stress the elbow. The pitcher should leave the thumb directly under the ball and move only the fingers slightly left or right, depending on which way you want to cut the ball.
As you release it, think "fastball," and spin the ball hard with your middle and index fingers, just as you would the fastball.
If you're a right-handed pitcher holding the ball slightly off- center to the outside part of the ball, the pitch should move a few inches away from a right-handed hitter Unless you have a fairly high arm angle throw "over the top" it will be harder to learn to make the ball move the other way, but try it. Just offset the fingers slightly to the inside, and throw with fastball action.
To start, you hold it like a fastball. The cutter grip is a little bit off of center.
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