Nobody, I mean nobody hitches like this anymore ... Clayton Kershaw, maybe, a little. But in the modern game, sabermetrics have taken over to the point where the time to do the kinda acrobatics of legs and arms that this doodle explores leads to too much time in deliver to the plate. That would wreak havoc if a runner gets on base.

Fun nonetheless. I was on Pinterest and just checking out the illustrations that the Cubs (among others) used in the past to promote the team and thought with so many players relatively unknown to the public—I saw a bus wrap of Michal Gyvens and questioned whether he was still on the team—I thought how interesting it'd be if the Orioles used more illustration to promote the 2021 season ..

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