Every pitcher has a “tell" in his delivery, something that gives away what -- or where -- he’s about to throw. Vince Coleman used to study them. Whenever, say, Coleman saw Frank Viola fan his glove, he knew that the left-hander was about to throw a changeup. When Dave Stewart came up high over his head with his glove, his next offering would be a split-finger. But when Stewart stayed below his chin he was throwing a fastball. And Coleman still remembers, clear as day all these years later, that when Dwight Gooden looked into his glove it meant that the Cy Young winner was about to throw a breaking ball -- but when he didn’t peek, Doc was bringing the heat.
Where have all the stolen bases gone? Vince Coleman has a theory
