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  • Hella wrist pronation

  • steroids!!!

  • Mr. Snappy was the best slider ever thrown. The big unit didnt need steroids either, to throw past 95

  • @Zaku493

    not everybody is blessed to be 6'11"

  • no one will probably belive me but im 13 and i play ihtrow a slider that drops 5 inches and curves about seven

  • @planblover1 umm thats called a slurve dipsh*t, and thats not that hard to believe i throw a 12-6 that drops a foot

  • Maaaaa

  • actually his true slider is steriods

  • @Lbaldwin1000 i snorted heh heh

  • Slider 86-92 Mph 

  • @noodles356 Try putting more pressure on your middle finger.

    And make sure you have a medium stiff wrist and don't crank on your arm too much.

    It'll come, experiment with finger pressure and make sure you're getting clean release.

  • i thought thats how u throw a curve with the same finger placement of wat he showed

  • @7439tjm It is but the slider has a different wrist position than the curve.

  • @MattMosca17

    I think you would help people more if you told them it requires a different thought process. Mind is movement, not the body. The body is a symptom of activity in the mind. The difference is altering mental activity, not focusing on changing the physical body. All the physical body does is tell you whether or not there is an issue in your thinking. You need to address the thinking is you want to change the body, and hence your results.

  • Also, have strong core muscles does helping pitching, so steroids do help pitchers get better by strengthening muscle. What they don't help with is arm strength, like so many believe.

    Actually the strengthening of the core is probably what helps hitters the most too.

  • @unlvrebelx

    Can you define the 'core' and give a brief description of how one can use their core during their pitching motion? Can you also explain how to strengthen the core so it has carryover for pitchers?

    Thanks.

  • Who cares if he took steroids he is still one of the greatest baseball players....

  • theres a reason steroids are illegal in sports so get clemens dick out of your mouth start using your noodle

  • people are so ignorant saying roid dont make you stronger...............i use steroids you dont have to lift a weight and theyll make you jacked............testosterone enth......dbol and anavar so you no im not lying

  • @jaydeenyc3333333 Dude, either you are a liar, or you don't know what you're talking about. Steroids will not get you "jacked" if you don't lift supplement them with hard strength training. if you take 'roids' and sit on the couch all day, steroids won't help you much!

  • @noodles356 you want nice tight spin and you need to split the ball in half on release. grip is secondary and a good follow through always helps

  • They should do an episode on a gyroball.

  • @Klabberlask The Red Sox won't let them because they don't want people to realize it's not much of anything :P

  • Where can I find the entire episode?

  • "Anabolic steroids are drugs that resemble the chemical structure of the body's natural sex hormone testosterone, which is made naturally by the body. Testosterone directs the body to produce or enhance male characteristics such as increased muscle mass, "

    to people who disagree, do your homework dumbasses

  • To all the people defending the use of steroids, saying that it doesn't really help you, blah blah blah...

    If using steroids DOESN'T HELP you AND it's illegal, who would be dumb enough to use it? Clearly, it gives you an unfair advantage. Otherwise, why would anyone want to do something illegal, and risk getting caught? It's just a stupid argument.

  • LOL poor catcher he's probably scared to death

  • they need to give this guy a break on the whole steriods thing i dont think lying about steriods is the most illegal thing he's done didnt he sleep with that country singer when she was like 13?

  • well steroids can make you more powerful if you do the exercise to go with it. look at danny almonte the little league world series cheater. he hit puberty (more testosterone) cause he was actually 14. that made him much stronger than the 12 year olds he was facing. anyways it helps recover and it makes you more powerful.

  • Magglio Ordonez smacked that thing right out of Comerica haha.

  • I wish rog would demonstrate all pitches like this

  • One of the best pitchers ever..Throwing a good fork ball splitter takes long fingers .

  • Steroids long term in the arm would actually hamper the pitcher over time. It's like others have posted...steroids in a pitcher's legs will actually help increase velocity because just as much comes from "pushing off" as does from the arm. Regardless...considering the batters he was facing were juiced I still respect Clemens accomplishments. In a way, the fans made the players juice...attendance was dropping off greatly before a couple of "sluggers" came along and "saved the game"...

  • steroids just helped clemens last longer. throwing forkballs usually ends careers earlier.

  • @Shpati20 No it doesn't. Choji Murata was known for throwing a very good forkball his whole life and at 55+ years old he can still throw 87 mph. American pitchers just don't have the proper mechanics to throw a good forkball. It's a common pitch in Japan.

  • OK READ THIS BECUASE ALL OF YOU SEEM TO KNOW NOTHING

    roger clemens injected steroids into his legs to make the mucles stronger( yes steroids make yuor mucles bigger without working out and even bigger if u work out) But he did this to make his legs bigger so he could trow harder and it would only stay in his legs

  • @OneAndAHalfStar ur dumb it increases your hormone so when you work out you get muscle faster it doesnt just automatically give you muscle you fucking dumb ass

  • @OneAndAHalfStar ...nice to see you added your name to the list of those who know nothing, better to keep your mouth shut 

  • search 'david melkonian'

  • Carbs and protein make you recover. Anabolic steroids kinda activate the protein to grow muscle. Steroids + protein = muscle growth.

  • @PainDealer86 actually, steroids increase your testosterone levels. they dont.. "activate the protein" dumbass

  • El Duque's slider froze Ichiro every time. He had a 139 average against him.BTW, Roger has not tested positive for steroids, Bonds has. Go prosecute Palmeiro FEDS, he not only waved his finger denying it, he tested positive after he hit 3,000 hits.

  • they do help your throw faster dumbasses

  • 0:06-0:10 ---- gyroball?????!!!!

  • Omg what episone is that??

  • randy johnson had the sickest slider ever in his prime.

  • Japanese pitchers are the best anyway mechanics-wise. Apart from Lincecum and Oswalt, American pitchers just pitch with their arm instead of using the whole body.

    Hideo Nomo, Yuu Darvish, Fujikawa Kyuji, these pitchers' mechanics are just flawless

  • BUM!!!!!

  • i hate it when scientists say that the break on a pitch is just an illusion. there crazy!! u could see in slomo there is break on curveballs and other pitches when it is thrown properly

  • @MattSolo782, it's been proven that a ball can actually change its direction on the way to the plate. What is an illusion is the notion of a "rising" pitch.

  • @jdlund alright thanks for clearing that up for me

  • catcher fail!

  • @thebluebeast98 yes but at the same time its a pitcher win

  • lol the catcher dropped it

  • Dave Stieb had the best Slider!

  • he took steroids

  • @mrcheese10001 yea actuall he didnt you fucking faggot

  • How does Roger inject steroids?

  • Even BEFORE the steroid thing came out I hated Roger... beaning Piazza, and then THROWING THE BARREL OF THE BAT AT HIM in the 2000 World Series... that's just disgraceful, regardless of WHO you are.

  • What about Lincecum?

  • @obiwanobiwan13 Possibly, but steriods have no effect on pitching.

  • Truth be told, up until the time he started to "allegedly" take steriods (1998), he was still a hell of a pitcher

  • ya. i know he took steroids, but i love roger clemensen (as a pitcher). hes one of those guys who u just gota admire even though he juiced up

  • got steroids?

  • fkn roid monkey

  • wonder if clemens brought his needles to that show

  • At least he can still throw decent without help from his steriods.

  • Steroids dont help you throw better of faster they just help you recover faster dumbass!!

  • Are you a fucking retard. First of all check your comment you cant spell too well. Secondly, errrr yes they do. Steriods help you become bigger and the bigger you are the harder you throw.

  • Bullshit, this isnt weight lifting or football. Abuff arm, shoulder, or back would reduce velocity dramatically. Plus its impossible to have any flexibility. How about you review your facts before telling the world your an asshole, friend.

  • Ok take a look at Jonathan Broxton who is one of the fastest pitchers in the game. He is 294 lbs and 6ft4, hes been clocked at 101 mph. At the end of the day he took steriods. Face it.

  • not really lincy is tiny

  • Dude thats why they call him the freak.

  • Your wrong, You gave one example of a big guy who can throw fast. What about Verlander? he has a fairly average build and he can get it up to 100. Tim Hudson? Pedro?

  • you forgot randy johnson who can get up to 100 and hes like 6'2

  • @N1ckyKnukl3s try 6'10 lol

  • @chipper1027 lol i was off yea

  • @N1ckyKnukl3s hes like 6 '' 10

  • no hes 6'10

  • @N1ckyKnukl3s this guy doesnt need 10 people telling him his height!! geez

  • @N1ckyKnukl3s randy johnson is not 6'2 you douche GET YOUR FACTS hes 6'11

  • he's not tiny 5, 11 is taller than the national height average

  • he ways 172 pounds that is tiny and 5'11 isnt that tall

  • steroids dont make u bigger they make you able to work out longer and harder

    and big people usually throw slower cause the have to move more arm mass and pitch velocity comes from arm speed not power

    medium size are the best pitchers

  • simple stuff is a dumbshit

  • what the fuck are you talking about.

  • @SimpleStuff31 -- But don't forget arm length, which does two things: act like a lever to get greater velocity and raises the release point (as if the pitching mound were higher).

  • @SimpleStuff31

    Umm Steroids will make your muscles bigger. Remember how Berry Bonds head grew after he took steroids. You will get bigger.

  • @soadpwnsyou the steroids themselves don't make u bigger, it's the work u do while u use them.

  • @SimpleStuff31 yes they doo...

  • @soadpwnsyou steroids dont make your muscles grow haha.. they give you energy to be in the gym longer and then thats how you get a bigger A LOT faster

  • @dozerislife

    Your an idiot. Explain how Barry Bonds head got bigger.

  • @dozerislife nice try asshole but they absolutely make your muscles grow and much quicker its not just some energy boost asshole learn your stuff

  • @dozerislife thats creatine dipshit. steroids themselfs make you stronger

  • @SimpleStuff31 steroids do make you bigger when you take them you build muscle quicker than if you do not anabolic means muscle building its quite simple they also give the muscle more stamina but they also make them bigger

  • @SimpleStuff31 yea right

  • @mam07643 what moves faster, something small and quick, or something big and bulky?

  • @SimpleStuff31 sorry i have to comment this but there are steriods for every thing muslce mass eye sight internal organs,the mlb players us hgh because it makes u feel better gives u more energy and endurace and power, its illegal for a reason

  • @SimpleStuff31 cough* R-r-andy Johnson cough*

  • @Poopiusthewoopius when i said medium, i was saying mass wise, not height, johnson was very lanky, good for pitching.

  • HA, you really don't play baseball do you?

  • so true, everyone who rips on him is retarded for thinking his 20-strikeout games and 354 wins came from steroids. not to mention the composure and insane dedication it takes to pitch in mlb.

  • @samuraijackson if steroids make you recover faster than why do power hitters illegally take them?

  • @BananaPriest thats not all steroids do they allow you to excercise and work out longer thats why power hitters take them so they have energy to hit everyball without losing much stamina or body function

  • @shynobixxdxx BULLCRAP! have you seen before and after pictures of barry bonds? He used to be this little skinny boy until he took steroids!

  • yeah, but by recovering you faster, they also help you work out longer and more often (as you "recover" from working out). therefore you build muscle faster. therefore you have more muscle. therefore many people throw faster and better as a result of steroids. i'm your host cmillsox, and this has been dipshit lessons.

  • @samuraijackson also they help you work out longer hence building big leg muscles thus pitching faster

  • @samuraijackson @SimpleStuff31 steroids do make you bigger when you take them you build muscle quicker than if you do not anabolic means muscle building its quite simple they also give the muscle more stamina but they also make them bigger

  • @samuraijackson wrong. wrong. wrong. you suck

  • @tim191219 hes right dumbass

  • @samuraijackson No, of course they don't. That's why a guy that threw his fastball 93-95 his whole career was suddenly throwing 99-100 AFTER he turned 35.

  • @samuraijackson if steroids help you recover faster why are they illegal

    steroids increase testosterone which increase muscle mass

    dumbass

  • @samuraijackson finally someone smart

  • @samuraijackson it does help with velocity, since your legs,abs, and all the other muscles you need to be a strong pitcher are being healed faster you are constantly getting stronger at a fast pace resulting in a stronger windeup and stronger push from the rubber, stronger core as well, you are right but you are wrong by saying it dosnt help with velocity.

  • @samuraijackson ...which means you can work out again sooner and harder, making you throw harder. So yes they do. Educate yourself before you talk shit to people. You're wrong, and it's even funnier because you called him a dumbass. Dumbass.

  • @mprovolt91

    Education comes from the latin 'educo' meaning "To develop or draw out from within." Education isn't necessary a reflection of how much knowledge one has acquired. Anyways, its ridiculous to refer to one as a learned individual since ignorance is not knowing. People just don't know some things, hence everybody is ignorant. There is no such thing as a learned individual. You're either learning or your not. In times of change the learners will inherit the earth whereas the learned

  • @mprovolt91

    will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists.

    Moreover, just because one works out doesn't mean they will throw harder. This is a common misunderstanding that is caused by a lack of knowledge regarding movement. Mind is movement, body is the manifestation of that movement. Its how you think about the training that dictates and how you train. This dictates your results. More training is not necessarily optimal.

  • @mprovolt91

    Muscle growth doesn't occur during training. It occurs after training. Moreover, you can workout 4-5 days a week and still play a season of baseball without much fatigue. However, most guys choose to workout with weights ~3 days per week. Moreover, most weight lifting applicable to pitchers is regarding dynamic/static flexibility, reactive strength, speed strength, and shoulder/elbow recovery (ex: light dumbbell routines).

    Moreover, its foolish to tell somebody they are wrong.

  • @mprovolt91

    Neither of us are right, and neither of us wrong. That's because there is a better way that neither of us have discovered. Since there is a better way its foolish to suggest you could be right. And the law of opposites dictates there can't be a wrong without a right. Since no right exists there cannot possibly be a wrong.

  • i guess the catcher "misremembered" how to catch a slider

  • That's exactly how I throw mine, it actually works pretty well. When batters have never seen you before and they're expecting a 4 seam, this can really catch them off guard. Also, it doesn't put much more stress on your arm than a normal fastball does.

  • fastballs dont put any stress on your arm u mustve had a typeo. i throw mine the same way. i struck out 5 people with it ( the other three were by 2 seamer and kknucklecurve ).

  • Throwing in general puts stress on your arm. Your arm isn't made to throw a baseball.

  • mine is ive been playin since i wuz 4

  • It's an unnatural motion is all i was saying. Sure most peoples arms are ok but others like mine are jacked up. Im only 19 btw

  • even though all the accusations and steriod hgh stuff... he is still my favorite of all time... i do think he might have taken them because his career was sloping, but that doesnt take away the fact that he was one of the greatest to ever play. Nolan ( the express) Roger ( the rocket) and Randy ( the unit) are in my opinion the greatest ever. with the addition of maddux

  • agree on all counts :) Hes sitll my favorite :P

  • Yeah that's the thing..the steroid stuff..they should just leave it alone. They've came up with all these rules that it's not really even a fun thing to watch anymore, for any sport. Everyone who is damn good, they "have" to be taking steroids (sarcasm), it's just stupid.

  • What about Pedro?

  • umm.. he is in there, but you have to look at his consistency at an old age.. it dropped..

  • He has a really bad shoulder that has been giving him trouble since mid-1999. He's much smaller than most power pitchers. We'll see if Tim Lincecum has similar problems as he gets older.

  • tha's what's supposed to happen at an old age unless u takin Roids like ROger did

  • I just imagine Adam and Jamie having Roger help them test whether getting injected in the tush with 'roids helps your performance.

  • I have eattin at boomerang with him because his son was in the sunbelt classic in Oklahoma and he was on Team Texas and I was the bat boy :)

  • your a dick

  • no but Roger was using that Viagra for his dick....Were you trying to with that?

  • I wanna get a copy of that '86 game with the 20 K's.

  • I'm so sick of people saying that "Clemens did steriods because he's old and still throws 95". Well think of it this way, if Clemens did do do steriods, because he's old and still throws 95 than you can say the same about another players who are old and still threw 95. The other players names include Nolan Ryan, Curt Schillg, Randy Johnson,and Greg Maddux.

  • Bad example with the last guy there.

    Greg Maddux has never touched 95 in his life. In his prime his fastball would top out at 91 on a really good day. These days he throws 85-88.

  • curt s. is out,i believe his done with baseball =/

    go red sox! =]

  • greg maddux only throws like 88

  • Okay I'll admitt I'm wrong with Greg Maddux, but the other players that I have metioned are true.

  • Johnson has thrown low 90's (88-93) over the past few years and he's not as old or as built as clemens. With johnson his size gives him a boost of speed (remember he's 6'10") and that's why he throws fast.

  • i remember when clemens used to be cool

  • im a die hard yankee fan but i think he used staroids he was my pitching idol but not anymore

  • same here..except im not a yankee fan

  • what you people fail to realize is, that even if he did use steroids, he still has to control the pitches. You think just because he can throw harder that he automatically becomes a good pitcher? I think not.

  • gaining velocity is harder than controlling your pitches, little girl

  • All my point is, is that you would still have to control the pitches. It doesnt really matter how hard you can throw if you can't consistently hit the mitt. Half of these pitchers today can't even control their fastball. Lefty Grove, for example, could hit the mitt everytime with his fastball and curveball and later forkball for the matter, but anyway, do you think he cared that he didnt have 5 pitches to chose from? Being able to control them is what made him great.

  • um no its not u retard!

    wtf ru talking about

  • yes it is moron. I pitch for the AA Mississippi braves, and trust me, it's easier to gain velocity than it is to locate.

  • you just said 2 opposite things...

  • it's easier to gain velocity than to locate pitches.... you just said something that doesn't make sense

  • he's not on steroids

  • steroids!!!

  • finally, a video that shows me how to throw a slider with the correct arm angle.

  • nice , real nice. Roger's the man !!!

  • pitching has nothing to do with strength. it is all about momentum. when you start your wind up you are creating energy from you legs to your arm and your body whips it around. Squating 600 lbs does not mean your are going to throw 100 mph. steroids does not help a pitcher pitch faster and weight training either. look at tim lincecum or other skinny pitchers and you will see that pitching has nothing to do with strength.

  • pitching has a LOT to do with strength. sure there are skinny pitchers that can whip the ball but as you said it comes from creating energy and the more weight and strength you have, the more potential energy you have to throw the ball faster. 100 mph comes with a combination of strength, mechanics and talent. But to boldly say pitching has nothing to do with strength is false.

  • Pitching has very little to do with your overall strength. Yes there is some degree of strength involved but, it is 80 to 90 percent relying on the place of your arm and the whip of your arm. The faster the whip of your arm the faster the ball will go.

    The only place that strength might play a role in pitching is your leg strength.

    Sandy Kofaux is a perfect example of using all of his leg power to throw the ball.

  • dude its rotation of the hips and extension the faarther u extend the faster u throw

  • man i love roger clemens

  • my son learned to throw a slider when he was 12. 2 years later he had to have tommy jhon surgery.dont throw it if you are under 15

  • He Is Wack! period....

  • bump

  • how does HGH make you a better pitcher???

    It doesn't!!!

  • It build strength. DUH

  • strength is only good for batting. DUH

  • pitching velocity comes from the legs and core you dumb fuck. which means you have to be strong to throw 90+

  • if you can't aim for shit than how can he get the ball in the strike zone dumb fuck?

  • he's old but good, and tbw what mtyh where they testing?

  • They weren't testing a myth in this part. Just showing how Clemens throws certain pitches.

  • it's called the baseball myths... you can buy it from itunes...

  • Ints not congres's fault Bush fuked it for us for the next 10 years, during his reign he has spent over 5-6 Trillion dollars on the war his stupid trips to affrica etc... so if youre about to have some kids or taking the next step in your life you have to save up for it. which is tottally fucked up. when he took over the Us national debt was 5trillion now it has doubled and going higher.

  • why do i keep getting like 4 posts

  • Agreed HGH is not performance enhancer even if he did use it. it doesnt matter hes still a hell of a pitcher at age 40+ fuck the haters!