Zack Greinke wasn’t being mean to the umpire like people thought, a breakdown

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[JacksonLane]

He wasn't being mean he was just being Greinke. Gosh I'm gonna miss him when he retires

[supere]

Props to the banana for unpeeling himself to watch that foul ball.

[ExMachina]

"Mad for 2 seconds and then focused"

That's true grit right there. Players able to let go, and move on.

[quantumadmin]

As a very casual fan, this breakdown of what catchers are doing is amazing

[fromulus]

I truly admire Zack Greinke's ability to stay cool under pressure.

[SockimusPrime]

I'll always tune in for a Greinke breakdown. He's always fascinating to watch.

[kat-rau.]

Second part of this video reminds me of how insane Yadi was at that technique. He'd never even give a target, then be almost in the dugout before the 3rd strike is called.

[YoyoF]

Great move by Greinke imo. The slow walk was enough to let the ump know that he fucked up. Then he talks about a completely different thing to not get ejected

[AlexZ-]

I've been watching baseball all my life and played for a good part of it. I had no idea pitchers told umpires when they are going back to the windup with a man on third, let alone that umpires have a universal signal for it. This is the type of content I love y'all for!

[therealking]

Dude....your breakdowns are legit. I watch sports channels to stay up on sports. I watch Jomboy if I want to learn something. I'm a lifelong athlete, played every sport, blah blah blah...But sometimes we don't know what we're looking at. The way you call out specifics in movement and show us what we're looking at... incredible teaching/coaching Jomboy.

[NinjaPopeXue]

The breakdown of new catching techniques is great. Before today, if someone asked me to described pitch framing, I would have defaulted to catch the ball -> shift slightly -> freeze. I never would have picked up on the constant upward trajectory you showed here. Really shows that despite being around for over a century, the game is still evolving. Plus your presentation really makes it easy to understand, even for the most casual fan.

[TG_]

Man, that catcher breakdown was amazing. As a casual Baseball fan, this was super enlightening!

[wadehiers]

I believe the Braves catcher at 5:41 is Tyler Flowers. I'm a father of a collegiate catcher that trains with a former understudy from Flowers and have spent a couple seasons umpiring youth and high school ball. The way that I have described it to catchers is to avoid "Complex Movements". If you move one way (to the ball) then back (to the zone), you're telling the umpire it's a ball. Do a simple movement. Start further out in the direction you expect the pitch to be (in this case down) and catch the ball on your way to the center of the strike zone. If you practice a simple movement enough, it can be hard for the umpire to know where, along that path, you caught the ball.

[soulknife]

Greinke is just Greinke. Just the way he is. One of the reasons he's one of my favorite players. Need more eccentric players in the league

[vincentmarotta]

Hey, so just a heads up: I usually don't watch baseball, but thanks to these neat little breakdowns...now I can talk to my older co-workers and mention some talking points and they always seem entertained/impressed by what I have to say on the matter. It creates the illusion that I pay attention (and are a fan) of baseball...when in reality I'm just a Jomboy fan.
You definitely bring out a super interesting and fun side to baseball, and I think that's invaluable.

[Spyke-lzhl]

The catching breakdown was absolutely spectacular. I would love to see more breakdowns of techniques like this!

[ABock]

Salvy defensively has been one of the best catchers in baseball over the course of his career. But as a Royals fan, I can tell you that his framing and how he presents strikes might be the worst part of his game back there, as was presented here. But in his prime, his arm, behind the plate mechanics, and way of handling a pitching staff was all elite. Great breakdown!

[mattlampe]

"Banana unpeels himself" lmao

[nickyarbrough]

Zack Greinke is a national treasure

I still suspect that if the Astros hadn't pulled him in Game 7 in 2019, my Nats maybe wouldn't have taken it. At the very least, it would've been closer. Dude had their number all series

Such a weird dude, god bless him

[darwilson]

And thank you Jimmy for taking it so in depth with the pitch framing. That is what makes baseball what it is. Its all about what you can make the umpire think and call based on body mechanics. It's the little thing that changes baseball