Command versus Control

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<!--quoteo(post=90235:date=Apr 16 2010, 10:33 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Apr 16 2010, 10:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=90231:date=Apr 16 2010, 09:30 PM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Apr 16 2010, 09:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Something has really been bothering me lately, and I keep seeing it so often that I'm starting to question whether maybe I'm just wrong.

I keep seeing media people using "command" and "control" interchangeably. In my mind, that's not right. "Command" is the ability to throw your various pitches - fastball, sinker, curve, etc. - when you want to, and throw them effectively for strikes. "Control," on the other hand, is the ability to locate your pitches, and generally throw strikes.

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You are right, but if you have no control, it would be tough to have command as well.

I suppose you could say command is your ability to put what you want, where you want. Control is the ability to throw strikes.
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Yeah. I think they're obviously related (that is to say, good command will require some good control), but definitely not the same thing.