DENVER (AP) _ Struggling Colorado pitcher Mike Hampton is pulling back from his sinker, once his money pitch. "I will throw it on the side and try to work it out," Hampton told The Denver Post. "I need to find a proper release point. It's just not going to be a primary pitch like it used to be until I get comfortable with it again." The left-hander has been frustrated by his 10-24 record since June 1, 2001. Around that time, his mechanics started to fail. "I have gotten totally out of whack," Hampton said. During spring training, pitching coach Jim Wright showed him a videotape comparing Hampton's arm slots in 2000 and 2001. Hampton was alarmed. "The main thing is that we want Mike to throw his sinker like his four-seam fastball, straight over the top. Then change speeds off that,"Wright said. "When his arm drops, the hitters are going to see that, and they are going to take it. And if it is in the zone, it is flat and up." In the meantime, Hampton said he would try to keep hitters off-balance by throwing more change-ups, just as Denny Neagle did in a 2-1 Rockies victory Saturday over the Chicago Cubs. "It's the same thing, though I need to throw it straight over the top," Hampton said. "I still think I can get major-league hitters out. This is a game of adjustments." Note: The following stories are the most recent wire transmissions from SportsTicker and other ESPN.com sources. Versions of some of these stories appear elsewhere on the service. -- 牆上的鐘 睡不著 杯中的茶 很無聊 風不探望 不見了 天空 你是否快樂 聽見 時間的呼喚 滴答滴答 滴答滴 --

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