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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
The transition would be different, I wonder if the old fogie could handle it physically. Granted he would be pitching more often on a day to day basis, he would be throwing less pitches between warming up/bull pen activity/ and games. Not everyone can do the transition, because the job description is different, I think this dog might be too old to learn any new tricks.
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True as a starter you play a lot more of a thinking game trying to out think the batter.... "what's he loooking for? I'll hit the outside fast, outside fast, outside high and fast and then come in on him soft and weak as soon as he is sold on the outside hard pitches.
Whereas with a closer it is just power vs. batter, very few thinkers/psychological pitchers are closers. Closers just say, "Here's my stuff hit me if you can." (SP trying that don't last long as SP
That's why it takes hard throwers longer to hit their prime like Nolan, Big Unit, Rocket and so on.... some like Swindell never get the psych part of pitching.)
Guess it all depends on what Clemens believes he is, and I have a feeling it is the SP out think the batter type.