re: brown relief pitcher rubbing ball on wrist

Yeah when you throw a split finger you have to set it in your hand before you get the signs every time because it is easy to switch to other grips. If he didn't then the batters would know when the split was coming because he would be digging in his glove before he threw it.

Clemons used to talk about how he would always stretch out his fingers by throwing splits with softballs. His hands must be huge.