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McDowell feels Sale is coming into his own
- Updated: May 20, 2016
CHICAGO — The last time Jack McDowell, who was the 1993 American League Cy Young Award winner, talked with Chris Sale, seemingly a future AL Cy Young Award winner, was in Spring Training about three years ago.
But two of the White Sox greatest pitchers spoke about weight gain, not pitching nuances.
“He had a question about them trying to get him to put on weight and get bigger,” said McDowell, speaking at U.S. Cellular Field on Friday as part of the 25th anniversary weekend celebration for the ballpark. “I went through that, being a 6-foot-5, 175-pounder out of college.
“We talked about it and I said, ‘Do you feel good?’ He said he feels good. ‘Do you feel strong? Do you feel normal? Then don’t beat it up. It’s either going to happen or it’s not.’ I did try to do that growing up because I bought into the whole, ‘Boy, you throw pretty hard, but if you get big and stronger you’re going to throw harder.'”
Sale actually is not throwing harder during the 2016 season, but his more efficient lower velocity directed gameplan has been letter perfect through nine starts. His three complete games are …
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