The first couple of hours lope along, weighed down by long, exposition-filled windups and character introductions.
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Major facial hair, hulking frames, Frankenstein's-monster windups, and demonic intensity became the attributes of the closer persona.
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This seemed to stifle candidates like Mr. O'Rourke, the former punk band member who favors long windups building to emotional choruses.
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At the end of its life, Street Fighter IV had two levels of focus attack, with long windups that would also do a bit of damage if they connected.
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But he also carried a bedraggled notebook, in which he recorded the lineups and the game conditions, drew stick figures showing the pitchers' windups, and noted every pitch that was thrown.
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But when Mr. Jefferies and his crew get it right, there's an explosive quality to the humor that you don't always get with Mr. Oliver's elaborate windups or Mr. Colbert and Mr. Meyers's more surgical jabs.
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Thorn compared the waning of unique stances to what he sees on the pitcher's mound, as windups and deliveries get simplified and more efficient, though that is most likely the result of an effort to reduce arm injuries.
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Madison Bumgarner, who pitched five scoreless innings of relief for the San Francisco Giants in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series, went through his windups that night looking as if he were playing a casual game of catch on a back field in spring training, so relaxed and composed was his delivery.
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Habengood Copenhagen couple Michael Staginnus and Helle Vilsbaek took a leap of faith about six years ago, quitting their jobs and opening a rambling store in Svaneke filled with midcentury flea-market finds (bar carts, glazed ceramic vases), vinyl records, vintage toys (windups and model cars) and — in a nod to Staginnus's former life as a teacher — pull-down school maps.
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Working as a counselor for Florida's Division of Children & Families, Maddox collected $36,000 in pay & medical benefits in & after filing a claim that he was too hobbled to work. DCF Investigators videotaped Maddox walking, running, bending both knees, performing pitching windups & carrying baseball equipment while running baseball camps in his hometown of Coral Springs, Florida. He was cleared of charges in .
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Betancourt was known in some circles for his odd windup. He constantly tapped his foot on the rubber before coming set with a runner on base. He would constantly move his hands around and then tug on his baseball cap (sometimes doing it nine times) prior to throwing the next pitch. This was among the longest windups in the league.
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Cueto's unorthodox delivery where he would turn towards second base then shimmy before the ball was thrown led Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus to question its legality during and after Cueto's shutout of the Tigers in August 2015. Ausmus argued to umpire Joe West during the game and to reporters after the game that Cueto sometimes stops in his wind-up, thereby making those pitches illegal. Throughout most of his career, Cueto has used his pitches from four different windups: the traditional windup, the 'Tiant', the quick pitch and the 'rocking chair', which have contributed majorly to his big league success. Cueto is able to trick batters using his variety of windups, creating an arsenal that has a depth of almost twenty different types of pitches, which has helped to make him one of the top ten pitchers in baseball since 2010.
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Hurst has attributed his early interest and development in baseball to a local coach and former Brigham Young University player who had him analyze magazine photos of pitcher windups, with Hurst practicing his own windup in front of a three-way mirror. Hurst caught the eye of MLB scouts after his junior year during an American Legion state tournament. He would average 14 strikeouts a game as a senior, compiling a 24-2 record for his prep career.
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Marichal's delivery was renowned for one of the fullest windups in modern baseball, with a high kick of his left leg that went nearly vertical (even more so than Warren Spahn's delivery). Marichal maintained this delivery his entire career, and photographs taken near his retirement show the vertical kick only diminished. The windup was the key to his delivery in that he was consistently able to conceal the type of pitch until it was on its way. Marichal was discovered by Ramfis Trujillo, the son of late Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. Ramfis was the primary sponsor of the Dominican Air Force Baseball Team (Aviación Dominicana), against which Marichal pitched a 2–1 victory game in his native Monte Cristi.
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