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    Ross Stripling's new tack with the pitch yields big results

    by Andy McCullough, Los Angeles Times Jun 05, 2018 4 minutes

    PITTSBURGH - One day last month, as Ross Stripling eased into the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting rotation, he fell into conversation with pitching coach Rick Honeycutt about his curveball.

    For Stripling, the curve could be unruly. The pitch escapes his hand at the relatively brisk speed of 81 mph before tumbling as many as 10 inches downward on a vertical plane. To tame it, Stripling felt he needed to slow his arm during his delivery. In a bullpen session, Honeycutt offered a suggestion, one which Stripling cited as a source for his recent strikeout-laden dominance.

    "Why don't you just throw it as hard as you can?" Honeycutt said. He referenced how Sandy Koufax threw

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