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...fastball darted from left to right better than before; his slider swung from right to left. His changeup was a work in progress, but remained an option...
...sudden, Brown was throwing darts. His pitch movement had increased. His slider broke harder. His control had improved...
...preseason by Coach Joe Walsh, had turned in the team’s best performance of the weekend on the season’s first day. “The kid can throw the ball,” Haviland says. “He throws hard, has a great slider...I can’t wait till he gets out there, relaxes, and throws his best stuff. He’s going to dominate some teams.” Haviland didn’t fare as well in his first start of the season, on Saturday...
...early favorite to nail down a weekend spot. Despite Cole’s greenness, Walsh says his big-time stuff and bulldog mentality have the skipper prepared to throw the righty straight into the collegiate baseball fire. “Adam is a 90-91 guy with a nasty slider,” Walsh says. “He may be one of the best athletes I’ve ever recruited. He’s got a chance to be a four-year starter for us, he has that kind of ability. Above all, he?...
...leadoff spot again, and I hope to be more solid and consistent than I was last year,” Vance says. “I’ve been focusing on not striking out as much. I’ve been working on facing the slider, which I didn’t do very well last year. Every time I jump in the cage the guys are throwing me sliders, and I think it’s helping...