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The Disconnecting Hips of Tim Lincecum

jhamrahi posted 5/25/2008 from baseballdigestdaily.com

By Alex Eisenberg...To piggyback off my article from a couple weeks ago in regards to the balance points of Tim Lincecum and Brett Sinkbeil and how I talk about the benefits of drifting through the balance point as a way to increase velocity and a little sneakiness to one’s fastball, I want to talk about another way to generate velocity: the hip/torso/separation of a pitcher at foot plant.