The screwball — a pitch that breaks in the opposite direction of a slider or curveball—has become baseball’s forgotten art form. In today’s game dominated by velocity and power pitching, the screwball ...
It is tempting to ponder how the 1984 Cubs would have fared if the team hadn't traded Willie Hernandez to the Phillies for Dick Ruthven the year before. But the Cubs already had a closer in future ...
The Oakland Athletics' Mike Norris learned to throw the screwball from San Francisco Giants' Hall of Famer Juan Marichal. In the 1980s, Norris and the Los Angeles Dodgers' Fernando Valenzuela made the ...
This is part two of the screwball video. What do you guys think? Should the screwball make a return? #MLB #baseball ...
Their pitcher, Dakota "stilts" Albritton, stands 10 feet tall. Their owner, Jesse Cole, wears a bright-yellow tuxedo, akin to Theodore Shackleford's getup in the "Curious George" cartoons. And to top ...
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Professional baseball was filled with famous hitters in the 1930s. Men such as Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig could be counted on for homers and RBIs. Pitchers had their hands full facing them. Carl Hubbell ...