Quote:
Originally Posted by Tabe
All of that is completely legitimate but Koufax still played those years so they still count for/against him.
Did he get good at 24 because he figured it out? Or because they raised the mound, increased the size of the strike zone, added two awful teams via expansion, and moved into Dodger Stadium?
|
One explanation, and maybe it's BS, is that Koufax with the help of Larry Sherry (I think) learned better mechanics and so developed much better control without sacrificing his speed.