The Hell With It, This Deserves A Post Of Its Own

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:17 PM PDT in Seattle Mariners News, Good

Not to put too much pressure on Brandon Morrow or anything but please behold the pitch that will singlehandedly put Seattle back on the baseball map. It is the pitch that will save the franchise and the pitch after which twenty years down the road mothers will be naming their children.

If this were kindergarten, I'd hate to be the guy who has to come after Morrow in show-and-tell.

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Me too, but I'll be leaving shortly.

I have a cousin with 1 testicle, when they yell play ball, he smiles.

by Montucky on Sep 12, 2008 3:47 PM PDT up reply actions

That's my personal favorite.

Thanks.

by marc w on Sep 12, 2008 3:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Every single thing about that pitch right down to the final location is absolutely perfect

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes, and it's against Vlad.

It’s sort of like watching some nightmarish creature take an amusing pratfall.
His swing plane goes up, then down, then blaehghhhh. Beautiful.

by marc w on Sep 12, 2008 3:56 PM PDT up reply actions

How do you like it?

by JI on Sep 12, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

I repeated "more" too many times specifically to avoid this

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

You think I'm kidding but I'm not

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Still divisible by three

by JI on Sep 12, 2008 3:51 PM PDT up reply actions

He's walking off the mound before Vlad finishes swinging

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

by seattlebruin on Sep 12, 2008 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions

Sexy Curvy.

by redwolf75 on Sep 12, 2008 3:23 PM PDT reply actions

Pick me up a pair too, will ya?

I'm back to liking midgets too much.

by Thingray on Sep 12, 2008 3:23 PM PDT reply actions

Oh SNAP (literally).

by ThundaPC on Sep 12, 2008 3:28 PM PDT reply actions

Here is a quote and a tale of caution.

Ron Gardehire in 2005 after Felix’s second start.

“I don’t think we’re talking about poise,” Gardenhire said. “He has a 97 mph fastball and the curveball from hell. You can look past the poise. He had pretty good stuff.”

by Sec 108 on Sep 12, 2008 3:34 PM PDT reply actions

Felix did have a curveball from hell

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions

I know, and I miss it badly.

I am not allowing myself to get too excited about Morrow’s just yet because of the loss of the Royal Curve.

by Sec 108 on Sep 12, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions

I am allowing myself in this one instance to be completely irrational

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions

I will shut up and allow that

My callous heart is not your problem.

by Sec 108 on Sep 12, 2008 3:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Now he has a curveball from heck

by Gomez on Sep 12, 2008 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions

Such a nice pitch my screeb is kinda named after it.

It’s usually Slurve though not Slurvey.

by Slurvey on Sep 12, 2008 3:37 PM PDT reply actions

Meant screen name ah my spelling just struck out to a 12:6 curve.

by Slurvey on Sep 12, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions

I think I'm ok with "screeb" as slang for screen name.

Carry on.

by Confess on Sep 12, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm ready to rename Robert after it.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 12, 2008 3:43 PM PDT reply actions

Bitey

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions

Appropriate for both.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 12, 2008 3:49 PM PDT up reply actions

It's almost like the suggestion was intentional

by Jeff Sullivan on Sep 12, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

You've regressed too much for me to know.

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 12, 2008 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions

Perhaps the best Simpsons reference to date

by JI on Sep 12, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up reply actions

The two to Vlad/Jeter

appear to go up and then down. Absolutely SICK. WMD! WMDs. He’s got WMDs!!

The other one to Wood acts more like a split. Straight, then down. Still nasty, but the first 2 are other worldly.

I have a cousin with 1 testicle, when they yell play ball, he smiles.

by Montucky on Sep 12, 2008 3:46 PM PDT reply actions

It has such an erratic movement.

by Slurvey on Sep 12, 2008 3:50 PM PDT reply actions

This confuses my tender heart

by Robert on Sep 12, 2008 3:57 PM PDT reply actions

Might as well be

Gaylix Girlnandez

by JI on Sep 12, 2008 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Copyrighted

by Dewey N on Sep 12, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions

Damn

by JI on Sep 12, 2008 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions

That "copyrighted" shtick is copyrighted.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Sep 12, 2008 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions

I'm just happy that everyone is spelling copyrighted correctly.

Seriously, this site spoils the rest of the Internet for me.

by Teej on Sep 13, 2008 3:11 AM PDT up reply actions

How else would one spell it?

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Sep 13, 2008 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

copyrite?

I'll shut up lest you ban me like you banned butthol.

by Kirsten Schlewitz on Sep 13, 2008 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions

copyloluragayamirite?

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Sep 13, 2008 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions

copywright

by JI on Sep 13, 2008 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions

dittonotleft.

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Sep 13, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Nice.

J.K.L.

by Aaron Campeau on Sep 13, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions

Xeroxnotincorrect

I fucking hate you Mariners

by kentroyals5 on Sep 13, 2008 12:03 PM PDT up reply actions

I see copywrite way too much.

by Teej on Sep 13, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I just got a boner.

by brayden04 on Sep 12, 2008 4:16 PM PDT reply actions

Now that's plain old creepy

by Slurvey on Sep 12, 2008 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions

.........ew

by .Taylor on Sep 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

You will find ohhhhhhhhhhh. IT A BEAUTFUL CURVE!

by Slurvey on Sep 12, 2008 5:00 PM PDT reply actions

my spelling is off... beautiful is what I meant.

by Slurvey on Sep 12, 2008 5:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Are you just drunk all the time?

by seattlebruin on Sep 12, 2008 5:05 PM PDT up reply actions

No I just type and post faster than i can read my posts.

I never stop and look back at the post and I’m underage =\

by Slurvey on Sep 12, 2008 5:29 PM PDT up reply actions

I wouldn't have guessed

by Graham MacAree on Sep 12, 2008 6:03 PM PDT up reply actions

ah, that

by .Taylor on Sep 12, 2008 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Does he throw it only with 2 strikes and 2 outs?

by Schuxu on Sep 12, 2008 5:12 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks Jeff

For my BIRTHDAY present.

Because its my BIRTHDAY.

DAY OF BIRTHYNESS.

Wow that curveball is icing on my BIRTHDAY cake. With sprinkles.

by Slica on Sep 12, 2008 5:44 PM PDT reply actions

I recall Meche and Pineiro having good curves too....

Don’t fall into the trap of loving curvy things. A 97 mph fastball is what makes Morrow’s world go round.

by Edgar for Pres on Sep 12, 2008 5:53 PM PDT reply actions

More like a combination of the two

by OlSalty on Sep 12, 2008 5:57 PM PDT up reply actions

I loved Pineiro's curve and he betrayed me by taking a 1-way train to sucktown

by Nick S on Sep 12, 2008 6:09 PM PDT up reply actions

I miss Erik Hanson's Curve...

This signature space for rent.

by PositivePaul on Sep 13, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up reply actions

And I think his change will be more important to his sucess as a starter

Than the good curve he is showing right now. It also seems like developing control of a curve baffles many pitchers for their whole career. A 95 mph FB and 80 mph CU are a deadly combo. The CB is a welcome surprise but I still think he needs his CU more so his platoon splits don’t kill him.

Heck, I’m amazed by him so far. With Felix, Bedard, and Morrow we are pretty well set. Maybe a couple of contract extensions this offseason for Felix and Bedard and we have an amazing rotation. I mean absolutely amazing.

by Edgar for Pres on Sep 12, 2008 9:35 PM PDT up reply actions

jeebus

Starts off letter high like most of his fastballs and then just dives like it has a 20-lb weight attached. Good luck with that AL hitters…

by kirkd on Sep 12, 2008 6:22 PM PDT reply actions

Good luck with that, Jeff Clement.

by Teej on Sep 12, 2008 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions

So weird how it starts out flat

and looks almost like a fastball for a second, then it’s like the baseball goes, ‘oh yeah, I’ve got a lot of spin on me, I better start moving!’. Weird for it go from almost NO movement, to bizarro movement.

Anton Chigurh for GM!

by 300ZXNA on Sep 12, 2008 7:03 PM PDT reply actions

A year ago Morrow was nothing but fastball, with nary a hint of an offspeed pitch. And now he has that and more.

Think about that.

"All I’ve ever done is be Juan Pierre when I wear this jersey. They’re sticking it to me this year for whatever reason. "

.277/.324/.316

~Juan Pierre

by Goose on Sep 12, 2008 8:01 PM PDT reply actions

Maybe...

it just takes that long for the Magnus force to kick in

by nathaniel dawson on Sep 12, 2008 8:05 PM PDT reply actions

It's a Screwball not Curveball.

I haven’t checked pitch f/x, but the movement sure looks 11-5 to me, which for a RHP would make it a Screwball – only 15 mph faster than a Screwball is usually thrown.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Sep 13, 2008 3:32 AM PDT reply actions