Found June 09, 2009 on dallasnews.com:
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I emailed Andrew Fisher, known as Poseidon's Fist on the unofficial Rockies fans site Purple Row, and asked about his thoughts on Jason Grilli. Here's what he had to say: Man you guys just keep swooping up our players - Pedro Strop, Joe Koshansky, now Grilli. Grilli throws a fastball that averages about 94 mph around two-thirds of the time and a 85ish mph slider about one-third of the time. He'll mix in a change every once in a while, but he's really a two-pitch pitcher. He was a phenomenal pick-up from Detroit last season, developing into a solid 7th-inning reliever. We were really counting on him to do the same this season, especially when Taylor Buchholz hit the DL. I unfortunately always seemed to miss his appearances in the last two weeks, so I can't say anything too specifically. His slide began in Pittsburgh mid-May - that series was abysmal all the way around, and confidence was completely absent throughout the roster. From that point forward, the whol...
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