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Saturday Mystery Motion

I'm taking a bit of a break from convention activities. I'll have a longer post up later, in the meantime, can you identify this mystery pitcher?

Is the blue jersey a clue?

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Matt Clement?
Yup. Gotta be Clement circa 2003?
There's no mistaking that goatee
my guess as well
Or the weird forearms.

Or the screwed up rotator cuff…

For the joke of it

Bump Wills

kerry wood. What do i win?
you are trying to trick us by using a picture of him throwing to first.

but based on the very pale skin, I ’ll say Wade Miller.

He never saw much sun light.

It's defintely Gaudin
Gaudin is 5'11

Clement is 6’3. I think this guy looks taller than 5’11.

It's Matt Clement, found the pic!

I would have guessed Clement, given the pale skin. why did Al not say anything?

talk about a guy who never got any sun! :-)

no Clement it isnt tat doesn't get the sun, sun doesn't get him
I stand corrected!

I seem to recall that Matt Clement always failed after running the bases (he was a good pitcher, but a bit frail).

I’ll bet the fielding play (in this picture) soon brought an end to this outing.

mhmm

you just need to look at things in a different perspective!

As I recall, Matt Clement had asthma.
yes he did have asthma (as do I). but plenty of asthmatics are durable.

I recall seeing him using an inhaler occasionally.

But I still recall that he often broke down after any additional activity “on the field.” I always thought he was going to do better with Boston and the AL, since he would not have to bat. I guess I was wrong.

Thanks for posting the original....

… you guys got it. I didn’t answer because I was at the convention.

Pickoff

Yes, that would appear to be a pickoff throw. No power L, elbow outside the ball, ball facing home plate rather than appropriately at the SS and glove not tucked closer to body. If that’s him going to the plate, which I highly doubt, it’s an arm injury waiting to happen.

A play at first, not a pickoff throw.

I don’t think there is that much wind-up in a pickoff throw.

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