LOS ANGELES — Yoshinobu Yamamoto sat in the dugout. He had just finished pitching six innings in his final start of the regular season on Wednesday, Sept. 23 and one of the first things he did was bury his head in his notebook as he began to write.
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace had posted a mixed bag in a 5-1 loss to the San Diego Padres in their penultimate home game before the postseason. Yamamoto was confident in his gameplan, which may have included throwing his four-seam fastball at a far lower clip (13%) than his usual usage rate of 27%. Instead, he threw his sinker more often, which he says wasn’t predetermined but rather he threw…
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