Luis Garcia became the poster child of sorts in the offseason when Major League Baseball announced it would enforce balk and illegal pitch rules. As such, the league informed him and the Astros last December that his unique “rock the baby” windup would no longer be allowed, a byproduct of the league’s new pitch timer rules in addition to the enforcement of existing rules. On the one hand, I understand the rationale as Garcia’s old windup technically violated the rules in terms of how many steps forward and backward he had. However, on the other hand, I remain a bit disappointed as his windup was a delightful deviation from this sometimes mundane routine.
Luis Garcia’s Four-Seam is Getting Crushed
