SF Giants’ Miller brought back old pitch, and it’s giving hitters new fits

SF Giants’ Miller brought back old pitch, and it’s giving hitters new fits

SAN FRANCISCO — Erik Miller hadn’t thrown his sinker in about seven years when he took the mound at Oracle Park for his first offseason bullpen. Given how long the pitch had been dormant, he had no expectations for how the pitch would play. He needed to throw just one to create shock and awe. “I was like, ‘I don’t know if this is going to be great. We had the Trackman set up at Oracle. I threw the very first one. I looked back at the analysts. ……