“Why not? What do I have to lose at this point?” Miller recalled thinking. Valentine said the windup was, by then, “an archaic idea.” Rather than learn and hone two separate types of mechanics-the stretch and the windup-Miller could streamline his long-limbed contortions and focus only on the stretch. “That’s how you’re going to throw every pitch this year.” “What the hell are you doing the rest of this stuff for?” Valentine said.
His manager at the time, Bobby Valentine, took immediate notice.
His first pitch was right on target and popped the catcher’s mitt. To simplify his mechanics, Miller decided to switch to the stretch, a reduced and halting motion used with runners on base.
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