Joshua Papelbon - Greenville Drive

Originally uploaded by John Setzler.

The Hickory Crawdads are currently hosting a four-game series against the Greenville Drive in Hickory at L.P. Frans Stadium. Near the end of game two on Friday night, I had already packed up my camera gear and was just watching the game. When the light falls below a certain level, I usually hang it up and just enjoy watching the rest of the game. As I was watching, The Drive put in a relief pitcher who had the strangest looking delivery I had ever seen. His name is Joshua Papelbon. This submarine-style side arm delivery immediately caught my eye, so I got the camera back out and cranked up the ISO to 3200 and tried to get a decent photo of it.

Photojournalism, Sports