No. Doesn`t matter,
That`s just not gonna cut it.
It`s talent. It`s a gift.
I remember my first bullpen session with him. He was throwing the ball all over, and afterward he asks me, `So, what did you think of that?` And I told him, `To be honest with you, I didn`t think it was very good.` So he says, `Hmmm,` and the next day he hits every target he threw at. Every one. The son of a gun was testing me.
He wouldn`t lay it out there. But he`d let them put something in play that he wouldn`t let them put in play in a crucial situation.
If you`re locating your pitches, ... it doesn`t matter.
It takes guts. And I think it`d be harder than hell to control.
I think Mad Dog`s got a great poker face. He wills himself to do things. There`d be a lot of other people that wouldn`t even be pitching.
More of it`s the mental approach, because the mental approach dictates your mechanics,
Not any more than I usually do, ... I never was normal anyhow.