<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEWARK, N.J. -- Troy Murphy of the Golden State Warriors was in very unfamiliar territory on Friday night. Instead of standing under a basket going for a rebound or behind the 3-point line taking a jumper, Murphy found himself in the third base coach's box -- or at least sort of close to it -- working for the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League as part of "Troy Murphy Night." "I'm a huge baseball fan," the NBA forward said about 90 minutes before lifting his 6-foot-11 frame off the bench in the dugout and trotting to the coach's box in the bottom of the first inning. Once there, the New Jersey native looked out of position -- literally.</div> Source
Murphy was only coaching, but what if this guy pitched? Can you imagine a 6'11 guy's release point? Oh wait, Randy Johnson
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting custodianrules2:</div><div class="quote_post">Murphy was only coaching, but what if this guy pitched? Can you imagine a 6'11 guy's release point? Oh wait, Randy Johnson</div> My cuz is having problems similar. He's 12, 5'9 and 130 pounds of skin and bone. The release point is around 6'8.
I bet there are some good, overhand short pitchers. But I know most overhand pro pitchers are tall for that reason: high release point. One could put more torque on that sucker, without the pitch dropping too low.
