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Who is credited with inventing the split finger fastball and in what year?
A split-finger fastball or splitter is a pitch in baseball and a variant of the straight fastball. It is named after the technique of putting the index and middle finger on different sides of the ball, or "splitting" them. When thrown hard, it appears to be a fastball to the batter, but suddenly "drops off the table" towards home plate
Why are baseball helment invented?
So that when a 94 MPH fastball comes up and in on a batter, he is not killed or severely injured by it. It is completely for safety.
What is the best thing about the baseball pitch called the slider?
To the batter the slider properly thrown has the batter thinking he is facing a fastball. This among other things fools the batter and he is not expecting the ball to waver in its flight to home plate. I filled in part of the discussion area to explore this pitch in more depth.
What is the purpose of the splitter pitch in baseball?
The purpose of the splitter pitch in baseball is to deceive the batter by appearing as a fastball but dropping sharply as it reaches the plate, making it difficult to hit.
What kind of pitch is a slider?
A slider is a pitch in baseball that breaks laterally and down. It is not thrown at the velocity that a fastball is thrown at, but its velocity is faster than a curve ball. The break on a slider is not as big as a curve ball. The slider is similar to a cut fastball, but will break more than a cut fastball.
If a batter hits a baseball upward into right field does its velocity change?
yes
What is the purpose of the splitter pitch movement in baseball?
The purpose of the splitter pitch movement in baseball is to deceive the batter by making the pitch appear as a fastball before dropping sharply as it reaches the plate, causing the batter to swing and miss or make weak contact.
What is a chopball?
A chopball is a pitch that looks like a fastball but sinks as it gets to the batter.
How would you put flinch in a sentence?
The inside fastball caused the batter to flinch.
Baseball ball is hit by a batter the force that determines how it moves is called what?
velocity me thinks
How long does a batter have to react with a 95 mph fastball?
About .43 seconds. Although shorter of a time for that batter to decide whether or not to swing.
What is faster a 2 seam fastball or a 4 seam fastball?
The fastball (also called hummer and other names) is the most common type of pitch in baseball. Some "power pitchers," like Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens and Satchel Paige have thrown it at speeds of 95-104 mph (152.9-167.3 km/h) (officially) and up to 107.9 mph (173.6 km/h) (unofficially)[1], relying purely on speed to prevent the ball from being hit. Others throw more slowly but put movement on the ball or throw it on the outside of the plate where the batter cannot easily reach it. The appearance of a faster pitch to the batter can sometimes be achieved by minimizing the batter's vision of the ball before its release. The result is known as an "exploding fastball": a pitch that seems to arrive at the plate quickly despite its low velocity. Fastballs are usually thrown with backspin, so that the Magnus effect creates an upward force on the ball, causing it to fall less rapidly than might be expected. A pitch on which this effect is most marked is often called a "rising fastball", as the ball appears to rise to the batter. Colloquially, use of the fastball is called throwing heat or putting steam on it, among many other variants. Gripping the ball with the fingers across the wide part of the seam ("four-seam fastball") so that both the index finger and middle finger are touching two seams perpendicularly produces a straight pitch, gripping it across the narrow part ("two-seam fastball") so that both the index finger and middle finger are along a seam produces a sinking fastball, holding a four-seam fastball off-center ("cut fastball") imparts lateral movement to the fastball, and splitting the fingers along the seams ("split-finger fastball") produces a sinking action with a lateral break. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fastball
