One of the reasons I love Buehrle and I've said before that such is exactly the way Paxton should pitch : Get the signal and let it go. I think I've written that about Walker, too. Paxton's stuff is so good he should hurry the pace and go right after it. Get a One, Two or Wiggle and nuke it up there. In basketball we often talk about controlling the pace of the game....but not so much in baseball, yet we should. Hitters have a lifetime of tugging on gloves, playing with velcro, prancing around, holding up their back hand...and then being ready sometime about next Thursday. "Nod and go" is a control-the-pace strategy that tips the advantage some to the thrower.
Were I a pitching coach, I would insist on it as much as possible.
Sheeeeesh: Typos corrected.