New Dodger pitcher Donnie Hart was helped by a fortuitous sidestep

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The way Donnie Hart tells the story, he was a natural sidearm pitcher before he realized it for himself.
In 2013 he was a junior at Texas State University. One day, while taking ground balls at first base, the Bobcats’ pitching coach noticed Hart throwing from a lower arm slot to second base. The motion came naturally to the left-hander, yet he’d never tried pitching sidearm in a game.
“He said, ‘let’s go see if that will work out in the bull