[ANDY SONNANSTINE]Sonnanstine No Longer Changing Arm Angles; No Longer Tipping Pitches?

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Random Facts about the Rays; OPS Mailbag Remix
Published 5/6/2008 by Tommy Rancel at Outs Per Swing
... still trying to establish themselves. It also lacks any evidence of diversity, with Al Reyes on the disabled list. “It’s very vanilla,” Maddon said. “I think we’ve got the suburban fathers thing going out there. It’s a bedroom community we’re developing out there.” I for one nominated that quote by Joe Maddon as quote of the year. Cork Gaines of Rays Index does a nice job of breaking down Andy Sonnanstine’s change in arm angles and ...

RAYS (16-15) at Toronto (16-17)
Published 5/6/2008 by Patrick L. Kennedy at DRaysBay: Front Page Posts
... He powered his way into a guaranteed rotation spot by posting a 1.54 ERA over his last three starts. Rays Index had an excellent post up today in which they suggested that Sonnanstine is no longer making gratuitous use of the multiple arm angles for which he was so widely-known. Instead, he is using a more repeatable motion and using his fastball less, while using it more aggressively when he does throw it. ...

THT Live:A closer look at Andy Sonnanstine
Published 5/6/2008 by Dave Studeman at The Hardball Times
A closer look at Andy Sonnanstine by Dave Studeman May 06, 2008 Rays Index has a fantastic review of the difference in Andy Sonnanstine's approach between this year and last year, using Josh Kalk's Pitch f/x data. Dave is the manager of the ...