Comments on: More on Mussina

By: Garry

Garry — Wed, 02 May 2007 16:29:22 +0000

If these athletes were airplanes, and their injuries were engine malfunctions or other problems, the maintenance chief would have been fired by now. As much as I like him, Cashman is dodging his responsibility possibly because he did hand pick them. They need to change their maintenance, er, I mean conditioning regimen.

By: John Comereski, MAT, MFS, CFT, SSC

John Comereski, MAT, MFS, CFT, SSC — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:07:14 +0000

Marty Miller is one knowledgeable motivating conditioning expert that I have had the pleasure of working with in the past. His knowledge of how to train outweighs the supposed knowledge many of his player’s claim to have. If they give Marty a chance, he can prove himself. For those players who believe they have been doing things correctly and don’t want to try new, improved approaches to training—just stick your head in the sand….and don’t possibly be better than you have been.

By: Guru

Guru — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:05:40 +0000

1) The Yankees did not do their homework when the hire the two clowns.

2) Marty Miller’s assistant…talking about…experience. The guy…what’s his name…Dana…helped out Jeff Mangold during 6 weeks of spring training; and he has experienced. So much experience that he has own website. Another experienced GURU want to be.

3) Ofcourse Cashman is not blaming the two clowns for the injuries…because if he did…he would look like the ring leader of the clowns. HE HAND PICKED THEM.

By: randy l

randy l — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:23:31 +0000

sverlyn-
it’s wild guessing on your part that it’s wild guessing on my part. i said it was my best guess, not wild guessing. here’s a link to the place you were talking about: http://www.asmi.org/
here’s a link to what i was talking about: http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:FXaTAEijYSAJ:www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/mets/2004-03-30-peterson-pitching-coach_x.htm+rick+peterson+pitching+coach&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=safari

By: sverlyn

sverlyn — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:50:12 +0000

I agree with your take on the beneftis of forward thinking when it comes to training/conditioning. But, your theory that the Yanks aren’t doing X or Y is just wild guessing on your part. I posted that I remember reading that they sent their pitchers to Andrews biomechanics lab.
If you say “donâ€™t know exactly,so iâ€™m making my best guess ” it’s probably better not to criticize the Yanks for doing or not doing certain things regarding their pitchers

By: randy l

randy l — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:01:00 +0000

“Just curious as to how you know what the Yanks are or arenâ€™t doing with their pitchers in terms of conditioning, etc?”
sverlyn-

i’m just reading between the lines. i don’t know exactly,so i’m making my best guess based on what info i can find. dana cavalea, a yankee conditioning coach, had a blog on during ST and the first week of the season that was accessible to anyone. it’s been since taken off the blogosphere. i’ve been interested in pitching for a long time so i keep my eyes open for info about training and pitching performance. i do know that it’s an area that the experts have a hard time coming up with a consensus on the best way to train pitchers. it’s a fascinating subject because there is such a diversity of opinion out there.
i’ll say it again though that i think in this day and age it’s time for the yankees to use all the technology available to them and to blend old school with new school and come up with a cutting edge pitching training program. i think it’s so important that a new position needs to be created to implement it. training johnny damon and training chien-ming wang are two different things. one size doesn’t fit all.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:55:29 +0000

Im pretty sure the Yanks will take their time with Moose and not rush him back.

I hope Karstens is healthy not to mention Mr Wang.

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:50:40 +0000

Babe Ruth was an incredible pitcher as well as an amazing hitter, and is the greatest baseball icon there ever has been and likely ever will be.

Let’s take a lesson from him and stick the entire team on a regimen of hot dogs and beer.

By: SJ44

SJ44 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:47:57 +0000

I think the conditioning issue cuts both ways. El Duque is already hurt, Oliver Perez can’t throw the ball over the plate, and all of the Mets bullpen pitchers, with the exception of Wagner, are nursing assorted injuries.

While the biomechanical stuff is interesting, I don’t think it makes pitchers better, which is what you are looking to accomplish.

I don’t think you can create a universal set of conditioning drills for pitchers because each of them throw the ball, and rely on different muscles because of their different deliveries, a different way.

Its been my experience that when someone from outside baseball comes in and tries to alter the conditioning of pitchers, more injuries are the result.

Personally, I prefer the “Old School” way with pitchers. Have them stretch and throw everyday. If you look back in history at the guys who have held up the longest, its been guys that adhered to that routine.

By: sverlyn

sverlyn — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:39:54 +0000

Randy 1

Just curious as to how you know what the Yanks are or aren’t doing with their pitchers in terms of conditioning, etc?

Thanks