European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and july sports Detroit Sheffield leads tigers with stands by controversial comments about Page 43 Atlanta braves Pitcher Tim Hud son developed under Peterson when both were with the Oakland the led by Mark Mulder and Barry led the Al in Era in 2002 and Mark new York mets pitching coach Rick Peterson left comforts Pitcher John Maine after Maine gave up his third Solo Home run of the second inning in a game against the los Angeles dodgers in los Angeles on june Petersons his system of developing fundamental physical conditioning and mental and emotional has helped the mets make solid major league pitchers out of players nobody and keep their Best arms going at a High Kevork mets Pitcher Tom who needs three victories to reach credits Peterson with help ing him extend his he changed my game quite a the 41yearold Lethander Julie three Point by Jay Cohen the associated press r pitching coach has new York pick Peterson is Comfort Able discussing everything from Art to Fortune 500 com get him talking about and that when he really gets go and ask the new York mets pitch ing coach about Bis Triangle and get ready for an engaging discourse based on years of Honing his Peterson carries the diagram with him in a Little Black and can Point to a Nice track record to illustrate its from the Oakland athletics with whom he helped make stars out of Barry Tim Hudson and Mark mul Der to the Peterson has proven Mohave a deft touch with veterans trying to find their Way and future Hall of Farmers eager to keep Hes been help for me at this stage in my said mets Pitcher Tom who was three victories shy of 300 head p ing into his scheduled Start he was very instrumental in helping me make a lot of adjustments in my he changed my game quite a Petersons Black Book is stuffed with business cards and scraps of and the 52yearold is careful As he thumbs through worn pages of meticulous he stops in the Middle to show off a Triangle that stretches Over two it has three overarching themes fundamental physical Condi and mental and emotional each Side stands alone and works in for a Long toss Drill is a fundamental skill that improves physical conditioning and involves mental and emotional focus because there is a target so if you can take an activity with your pitchers that brings All three of these together that there its a three dimensional Peterson As opposed to a on dimensional and the Hier Archy of tiie mental and emotional skills is keeping people focused on the process of not the outcome of Peterson is a lot like the Triangle multilayered and Way More than just the son of a championship winning general he has had Success grooming pitchers since he started doing it in 1998 in where he instrumental in the development of the athletics big three of Hudson and Oakland led the Al in Era in 2002 and and Zito won the by Young award in and Many believe Zito now with the san Francisco giants on a Tom Barry who won the by Young award in 2002 while under Peter sons Hast been the same Pitcher since that seven year contract Hast been the same since Peter son left for the big he knows a lot about the inside game of baseball and knows As much As anyone about mechanics As Zito he greatly affected my Ca Peterson became the mets pitching coach in november joining the team before Art Howes second season As manager in new Howe also was his Boss in the team Era dropped from in 2003 to in Peter sons first Howe was fired after the mets went 7191 in but Peterson stayed on when Willie Randolph became the the team Era kept falling to in Good enough for third in the National league and eighth in the new York used 13 starting pitchers last season and still Man aged to win the no East with a team sixth Best in the he realizes that everyone is John Maine said of and youve just got to find out the Best Way to relate to peo ple and he does a Good Job of new York acquired Maine from the Baltimore orioles in january he was the least known commodity in a Deal that also sent Kris Benson to Baltimore and landed Jorge Julio in new Maine was 24 with a Era in 11 games Over two seasons with the but has blossomed into a dependable starter for new York and is 105 this year with a i think probably the mental part of it has helped me out a Maine Peterson has also helped the mets More established players extend their Glavine joined the mets before the 2003 and Leo Mazzone said he noticed a change in his former Pupil under Petersons guid the orioles pitching coach who helped develop Glavine when he was with the Atlanta said the Lethander has altered his i remember one time we were playing the mets and Tommy was pitching against us when i was with and he went inside behind in the Mazzone i had him for How Many i dont think i Ever saw him do it five i dont remember him Ever doing that was a Tipoff right see Triangle on Page 41 Mears wins Sextel cup pole at Chica Goland Page 45