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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties
DJ, give us the baseball analysis here - that movement to open up his shoulders downfield is so precise i'm in awe
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I think that throw's actually a little easier than it seems once you get past the oopty oop he threw on the defender to find space.
From a baseball standpoint, it's similar to why I've always argued that 2b is every bit as difficult to play as SS. And in fact, if you have the athletic ability to play SS, it's actually much easier than 2b.
Once a play is in front of you, everything is pretty simple. You get that momentum going downhill and can just essentially throw a dart, you can use your forward momentum to do most of the work and just a nice easy toss at 70% effort still comes out more than hard enough. And when you're not at max effort, you're more precise with your accuracy.
That's why I hate 2b - things are sideways. Here, Mahomes dekes the defender, opens a lane to get himself downhill and just makes the easiest little toss possible. The throw itself was remarkably precise but actually a little easier than it seems.