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Diamondback announcers show why it's tough to hit against Randy Johnson. Check out examples of his grip, why his height is a factor and more.

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" if you are left handed hitter and you're on the mound. The ball is coming from about four feet behind that's well lot of left handers and his career did not hit him very well or hit against him at all and and right -- I've seen it's probably a hall of Famer Barry Larkin swinging at one of these fighters and it went through his legs that's a good it was but but the grip like I said it's a three quarter grip. And it just sweeps around and I mean his fastball it what made him so good it was his fastball and his slider came from the same spot. Those fast -- started here and with a hundred miles an hour in this latter was the same spot and does bit. Five feet four feet away from lefties and -- is and that's that's what made mr. snappy Sosa says it's gonna get a lot of -- here's here's the grip that you're talking about there any kind of explain you know. Why that grip translates into the demotion but that's Leiter gets what they got easier -- this the grip the grip as more of on the scene junior middle -- is is on the seems. But but what does a little more is the wrist action towards the end sometimes pitchers can kind of get there get their armor get their risk than in a cock -- more like this. But a -- you want to get out there and just the wrist motion at the end is what makes it more and Randy has big hands plus he's six foot ten most guys -- deliver the ball 55 feet from the plate. -- delivered it about fifty feet to the hitters don't have much time to react and misses and have begun on them pretty quick what about right handed batters what -- that -- look like -- how -- do you start that off the strike zone what exactly I mean right handed hitters saw this ball just like his fastball that's what made it effective on right handed hitters the ball -- it did. Left his hand the same spot the fastball did until I got about five feet from the plate so hitter has about that long to react and that's why at the -- images bit down it would eat it would be right handers that does is much is left in his gray zone tonight by the way I like very end zone. --"

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(0:00) if you are left handed hitter and you're on the mound. The ball is coming from about four feet behind that's well lot of left handers and his career did not hit him very well or hit against him at all and and right -- I've seen it's probably a hall of Famer Barry Larkin swinging at one of these fighters and it went through his legs that's a good it was but but the grip like I said it's a three quarter grip. And it just sweeps around and I mean his fastball it what made him so good it was his fastball and his slider came from the same spot. Those fast -- started here and with a hundred miles an hour in this

(1:21) you start that off the strike zone what exactly I mean right handed hitters saw this ball just like his fastball that's what made it effective on right handed hitters the ball -- it did. Left his hand the same spot the fastball did until I got about five feet from the plate so hitter has about that long to react and that's why at