Baseball historians credit the invention of the curve to either Candy Cummings or Fred Goldsmith. Cummings pitched for six years in the major leagues between 1872-1877. He said he thought of the idea of the curveball while studying the movement sea shells made when thrown. He attempted to make the same motion with a baseball and in doing so created the curveball. Goldsmith was a pitcher in the U.S and Canada in the same time frame as Cummings. He was the first pitcher to demonstrate throwing it to members of the media in 1870.
There are many people who played in Major League Baseball who are famous for their skills in throwing curve balls; among them is Gio Gonzalez who was a star in Major League Baseball with his skills in curveball throwing.
david charles
* * The pitcher's use of his curve ball was artful in the first inning.
yes kevin rodrigez
which fingers on a pitcher's throwing hand controls a curve ball and a slider
The pitcher of water is already on the table. Our opponent's pitcher throws a wicked curve ball.
If he is skilled enough
Throwing a curve ball involves kinetic energy. As the pitcher applies force to the ball by moving their arm, the ball gains kinetic energy as it moves through the air.
Middle Finger
Great question. The pitchers command means that his pitches are doing what he wants them to do. If his intent is to throw a curve ball, then the ball will curve. The pitcher has control when the pitches he throws are staying in the strike zone like he wants. If he wants to throw a ball, then he is throwing balls. your curveball can curve, your breaking ball can break, your slider will slide, and your fastball is fast.... however if you can't get it over the plate ( or reasonably within range), you have no control.
The shortstop caught the ball. The pitcher caught the ball and threw it to the shortstop for the out.
Yes. He had a fantastic curve ball.
It means that when the pitcher threw the ball the batter hit the ball into the field of play and was credited with a base hit.