[Mick]

Evolution of pitching has been interesting.  They're called "pitchers" and it's "pitching" because in the early days of baseball, it was like pitching horseshoes.  You couldn't throw it overhand to the batter, and you weren't allowed to snap your wrist.  Balls weren't called for the first 19 years or so...anyway, the story of the evolution of pitching:

https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/pitching-evo...d3a5ebaa83

[Mick]

Evolution of pitching has been interesting.  They're called "pitchers" and it's "pitching" because in the early days of baseball, it was like pitching horseshoes.  You couldn't throw it overhand to the batter, and you weren't allowed to snap your wrist.  Balls weren't called for the first 19 years or so...anyway, the story of the evolution of pitching:

https://ourgame.mlblogs.com/pitching-evo...d3a5ebaa83