he indicated that he is moving back away from the pitch to contact philosophy. said something like when he first came up, he was a power pitcher (thru ‘03) and then he tried to focus on pitching deep in games but this year he’s going back to being a power pitcher.

also, as pointed out at the end of the game thread, Lance Berkman is taking credit for the improvement as well, b/c he stood in the batters box during some of his bullpen sessions and offered helpful tips.

tonight was the most dominant of any games I’ve watched this year, especially after the first couple of innings. he got better command of his fastball and that seemed to make the curve more effective. The Brewers are a pretty high strikeout team, but they have good hitters. He made a lot of guys miss and on the strikeouts where they were caught looking he was freezing them with a pitch they weren’t ready for.

before this one. Obviously, last night’s game was dominant, but he pitched well in the prior 3-2 and 5-3 losses; in the latter 5-3 loss to the Pirates, Oswalt was hurt by horrible defense (errors and a botched rundown)... and should have won if he had gotten some help from his teammates. I was hopeful that those two games would be the start of a return to form by Roy, and that looks to be the case.