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| - | {{ | + | Just after Palmer's best season, when he went 11-10 with a 3.65 ERA, "The Scouting Report: 1987" observed that his "best pitch is a fastball which he cuts, making it act like a slider. The pitch looks like it would be hard on a pitcher's arm, perhaps explaining Palmer's history of injury problems." |
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| + | However, Palmer has expressed in conversation his conviction that a traditional slider creates too much strain on a pitcher's elbow, and as an assistant coach at Parkview High School he has taught his charges curveballs rather than sliders. | ||
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| + | Palmer has worked as a land title examiner in the Atlanta area. | ||
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| + | == Sources == | ||
| + | * Conversation with David Palmer, recorded by member Scott McClellan (McClellanS01). | ||
| + | * {{cite-book | title=The Scouting Notebook: 1987 | last=Sullivan | first=Marybeth| publisher=Harper & Row | city=New York | year=1987 }} | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 14 April 2010
Just after Palmer's best season, when he went 11-10 with a 3.65 ERA, "The Scouting Report: 1987" observed that his "best pitch is a fastball which he cuts, making it act like a slider. The pitch looks like it would be hard on a pitcher's arm, perhaps explaining Palmer's history of injury problems."
However, Palmer has expressed in conversation his conviction that a traditional slider creates too much strain on a pitcher's elbow, and as an assistant coach at Parkview High School he has taught his charges curveballs rather than sliders.
Palmer has worked as a land title examiner in the Atlanta area.
Sources
- Conversation with David Palmer, recorded by member Scott McClellan (McClellanS01).
- Sullivan, Marybeth. The Scouting Notebook: 1987. New York: Harper & Row, 1987.
