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Weaver landing in his prime

Angels pitcher's dominance starting to blossom beyond what it already was

Updated: June 19, 2010, 7:20 PM ET
By Mark Saxon | ESPNLosAngeles.com

CHICAGO -- It's hard to find the right image of Jered Weaver's dominance.

He throws hard, but not so hard that a catcher's hand starts to ache and the hitters look as if they're swinging their bats underwater. He doesn't snap off big, looping curveballs that look as if they were drawn up in an animation studio somewhere.

He doesn't do the cha-cha after a strikeout or yell at hitters to go sit down.

What he does is throw a bunch of nasty pitches, all of them with pinpoint ...

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