[Mick]

Mick... just google Deadspin, Dave Stewart.

Phogge, I never had the experiences you did at SFSU, but I tried out for the baseball team my junior year at SCU. Two of the pitchers that I played with that spring were Pat Larkin and Roger Samuels, both lefties who ended up having a cup of coffee with the SF Giants. Larkin had this indecipherable pickoff move, and he was almost never called on it in college but once he got to the pros, especially the bigs, he didn't get away with it much. He got called for two balks in 10 1/3rd innings pitched, then he was gone.

Samuels is literally gone, just passed away from kidney cancer. Also had a good pickoff move, not quite as many balks as Larkin.

[Mick]

Mick... just google Deadspin, Dave Stewart.

Phogge, I never had the experiences you did at SFSU, but I tried out for the baseball team my junior year at SCU. Two of the pitchers that I played with that spring were Pat Larkin and Roger Samuels, both lefties who ended up having a cup of coffee with the SF Giants. Larkin had this indecipherable pickoff move, and he was almost never called on it in college but once he got to the pros, especially the bigs, he didn't get away with it much. He got called for two balks in 10 1/3rd innings pitched, then he was gone.

Samuels is literally gone, just passed away from kidney cancer. Also had a good pickoff move, not quite as many balks as Larkin.