Deadspin - When Lincecum was a kid, he told Sports Illustrated
in July 2008, his father Chris would train him by placing a dollar just
above and to the left of his front left foot. Young Tim would have to
release the ball and pick up the dollar in the same motion. You can see
the effect of that diligent motion on his follow-through here.
"My dad's always stressing, 'Pick up the frickin' dollar! If I put
down a hundred-dollar bill, you'd pick it up every time!'" Lincecum told
Tom Verducci. "If I get out there and get myself over [the front leg],
my follow-through should be the tail end of when you whiplash a whip.
That's what it is for me. Like Tiger Woods finishing his swing."
Tim Lincecum is a fucking man child. The only thing that worries me is how small he is, and how hard he has to throw the damn pitch every time he throws. This dudes arm is gonna blow out in a couple years. What I find myself wondering is, did the kid from Dazed and Confused practice as much as old Timmy.
-Dow
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