What is the difference between pitches? And why are there so many? | Quick Question (MLB Originals)
Can you tell the difference between a curveball and a slider? What about a fastball and a changeup? You might not realize it, but small discrepancies in finger placement are the difference between a 100 mile-per-hour fastball and a 65-mile-per-hour knuckleball. On this episode of Quick Question (pres. by Apartments.com), we dive in on the evolution of pitch types, from the genesis of the fastball, to the innovation of breaking pitches like the curveball, changeup and slider. And we also analyze everyone’s favorite pitch: The Knuckler. We also examine some of the best pitchers who varied their pitch types, like Red Sox legend Pedro Martínez and Mariners great/current Braves pitcher Félix Hernández.
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Very educational
I have to wonder who is narrating the videos on here
Always loved the slider lol
Great video
Not mentioning Fernando Valenzuela and the knuckleball is a sin
The two-seam fastball is my favorite pitch
My comment may be a little late but what about the screwball?
anyone else watched one outs?
breaking ball sinker very deadly sinker here.
I mean, a curveball definitely doesn't look like a fastball, but a changeup definitely does lol.
now I feel I understand all those pitches better thank you
setting aside the knuckleball there are 3 pitches. fastball, change up, and breaking balls with assorted names
Maddux said a couple of things that really explained the psychology of great pitchers to me. First is that Hitting is Timing and the object of the Pitcher is to disrupt that timing. And the second is that to do this the best way is to make Balls look like Strikes and Strikes look like Balls when they leave the Pitchers hand. Because even if the Pitchers throw in the upper 90s, if the hitter knows where it's going, he can clobber it.
Great Pitchers seem to have the same arm motion and release point for their full repertoire.
Feel that the video could have been shorter and simpler than focusing on less common pitches.
This is the first baseball video to grab my attention in a long time