"One of the great visits by a pitching coach occurred in 1991, when Mark Portugal was pitching for the Astros and Bob Cluck was his pitching coach. In a game at Cincinnati, Portugal gave up back-to-back-to-back homers with fireworks exploding after each one. So Cluck strolled out to the mound after the third homer. Portugal was livid and asked Cluck what he was doing out there. Cluck replied that he was just giving the guy time to reload the fireworks."
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ao8d.bD2DvY2GbpcTFxHnekRvLYF?slug=theartofthemoundvisit&prov=tsn&type=lgns
You gotta wonder if Mr. Jones spends a little too much writing instead of working on his 2-strike pitch...
All kidding aside, he's got 31 SVs and is an entertaining writer who pounds out good articles.
My favorite: when Crash Davis visited Nuke on the mound after a bomb in Bull Durham
"Man that ball got outta here in a hurry. I mean anything travels that far oughta have a damn stewardess on it, don't you think?"
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