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Game 3 pregame: Hamels must get back to basics

Found October 31, 2009 on Beerleaguer:
PLAYERS: Cole Hamels
TEAMS: Philadelphia Phillies

I don't profess to know the secret to being a successful major league pitcher, but there are a few common sense approaches Cole Hamels needs to follow tonight. We've all recognized Hamels' need for a third pitch, which isn't going to happen until the offseason. The Inquirer's Jim Salisbury wrote today that Hamels will work on adding a cutter or slider, in addition to improving his rarely effective curveball. So tonight, the Yankees will know what's coming: fastball-change. There's no...
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