BaseballInstructor50- I'm not questioning your baseball skills. You were one of the greatest baseball players in the world at your peak. I would never, ever take that away from you. You played in the Major Leagues. That's absolutely incredible. I'm not questioning you as a person. You're very likely an unbelievably nice person. I'd never question someone's personality based on some things on the Internet. What I am questioning is your ability to teach pitching, given the fact that you've shown an unwillingness to learn from examples given to you here. There is no such thing as "flushing" the system, there is no such thing as "snapping" the wrist to throw a curveball. Weightlifting isn't bad. Doctoring a baseball is cheating. Long distance running isn't the optimal way to train. All of these things have been stated, and examples have been given, and you dispute them by mocking science, questioning credentials, and essentially ignoring the sources that were provided. I would love for you to contribute here, and to contribute to the careers of young people. I think having a role model in someone that has reached the pinnacle of the sport that people dream of reaching is an unbelievably fabulous aspect of navigating through the process. But I can't support someone who isn't willing to alter their methods, when it's been proven that the alterations would be an improvement.
I apologize for getting personal. I shouldn't have done that. I was being a jerk. I didn't want to attack you personally. I would love to have a continued, rational conversation about altering teaching methods, if you'd like. I think your experience playing baseball at the highest level combined with new research could be a lethal combination and could be very beneficial for people. That's the truth, in my mind. I got emotional about a silly topic and took it overboard. I'm sorry.