1. And his pickoff move is one of the best among right-handers in the National League. 2. Get a pickoff move ... Yankees manager Joe Torre says Roger Clemens reminds him of Bob Gibson. 3. Hernandez, Cone and Clemens do not have good pickoff moves. 4. In mid-windup, the pitcher faked a pickoff move to third, then to first. 5. In the fourth, when he was a ball away from walking the bases loaded, he executed a perfect pickoff move to nail a dozing Vaughn at second. 6. Kennedy is having pitching coach Sammy Ellis work with Heathcliff Slocumb on his pickoff move. 7. Petkovsek was attempting the fake-to-third, throw-to-first pickoff move. 8. Reynoso has the best pickoff move of any right-hander in the game, and only twice have runners even tried to run against him. 9. The Mets prevailed because of the pitching of Al Leiter and three relievers, and one pickoff move. 10. Then there were pickoff plays, pitchers whirling in cadence toward second base, and a private one-on-one tutoring session with reliever Derek Lowe on his pickoff move. |