“I think every game you had a different mindset of what you wanted to get done,” Lynn said on the podcast. “Especially the older I got. It was like ‘Hey, I want to establish this pitch today,’ or ‘Hey, I hate the way this pitch feels.’ So I’m gonna throw it more today than I would ever throw it in a game. It doesn’t matter what hitter is in the box, righties or lefties, I’m throwing it. I’m gonna throw this pitch. So, you get yourselves in — ‘Oh he gave up a bunch of hits today on this pitch.’ Well, yeah, he just kept throwing it. You got to get that feel for a pitch. When you’re young, when I first came in, it was like ‘Hey, I need to make sure my four-seam (fastball) is ready to go and I’m trying to get everybody out no matter what. So, I’m sticking to my bread and butter.’ And you don’t really get to develop because of that at times.”
