This spring, I was able to make my first-ever trip to Cardinals Spring Training. It was a Friday night and I was sitting alongside the Cardinals bullpen, with a beer in my hand, wearing shorts in March. It was a good night.
Around the 5th inning, Andrew Miller started getting loose. I even shot a little video.
Miller entered the game in the 6th, with one out and a runner on 1st. He walked the first three batters he faced on twelve straight balls. As I recall, every single one of them was a slider that wound up about a foot into the right handed batter’s box.