It depends if the pitcher is left or right handed, a lefty will face first, while a righty will face third.
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No WAY Right Handed pitchers break their arms during pitching too
The pitcher throws the baseball 60ft and 6in toward home plate, he may also try to pick off runners at the bases, and after a pitch is hit, in play, he then backs up the infield.
baseball pitchersbecause it isn't natural to our body. our body wasn't made for our arms to constantly reach past the height of our shoulders with such force. Like body building, most people need 3,4 sometimes even 5 days to recover from such stress. After the game hard pitchers usually ice there arm/shoulder to reduce the inflammation, thus, starting up recovery. Nolan Ryan, when be came up people said he'll be lucky to pitch like that 2 years. So there are some freaks out there!