If Danbury graduate and current University of Toledo pitcher Michael Hamann could pattern himself after any pitcher, he'd make it future Hall of Famer Greg Maddux.
Hamann thought about Maddux's approach while playing summer baseball for the Thomasville HiToms in the Coastal Plains League and tried to out-think opposing batters, enticing balls put in play early in at-bats, hit his spots all around the plate and use his velocity to occasionally overpower and movement to miss bats. Hamann would like to demonstrate the type of savvy that allowed Maddux to sequence pitches and force batters to get themselves out, avoid walks and pitch deep into games while mixing in strikeouts.
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