Thursday, September 15, 2011
"In between innings, I make sure I take time to slow my breath down, close my eyes, visualize the hitters I’m going to face. Remind myself what each key is to every guy. I have a scouting report that I came up with. We have these sheets that have the batting average against every pitch on every location. So I go through those and make a little chart for myself. Then I tell myself where I’m going to throw to each guy. It’s really detailed. I chart by drawing the spot where I want to throw each guy, where I want to throw the fastball to each guy, where I want to throw the breaking balls, and some notes. Some of them I make are really detailed, like where I want to go with two strikes. I get into what their batting averages are. I’m conscious of all that stuff when I’m pitching."
my pre game routine, as told to ESPN : CJ Wilson