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HamPster

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What's with Ritchie Allen?
« on: January 08, 2006, 03:41:27 AM »
I've never seen him bowl before, and it was almost a little hard.  He's got a great pushaway and backswing, then he gets to the bottom and absolutely kills the ball at his release.  It's over-revving, the roll is dead, and I don't see how he carries anything.  Both him and Mika had loft, but Mika has an incredible roll.  Everything works together.  Now I know Ritchie used to throw it harder, and I know the oil volume of the pattern is pretty high, but Mika softened things up quite a bit and still threw a great shot.  Ritchie on the other hand was almost painful to watch.  If he was smoother at his release, he's got decent targeting skills, I think a better release would help tremendously.  He needs to hook up with Rick Benoit . .
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mumzie

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Re: What's with Ritchie Allen?
« Reply #16 on: January 08, 2006, 10:07:45 PM »
I watched Ritchie all day on Friday - the round of 32, 16, and 8. I will GUARANTEE you he threw the ball better in all those rounds. Every round, he threw one or two where he either bent way forward from the waist, or got it down too soon (given his loft, at least this week).
The kid has TONS of game - and today had tons of nerves as well.
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