It’s a lot easier to learn how to throw a baseball casually than a football. But it’s a lot easier to learn how to throw consistent spirals than it is to learn how to actually pitch
I'll preface your answers to your questions with; i'm no expert, but I pitched for ~10 years and I have to say as a kid I was a catcher like my dad until I was 7-8 years old(which you dont do much) and I was losing interest in baseball and I started pitching and it reignited my love for the sport and I started seeing baseball as a chess game, which is rightfully is. You hinted at being interested in the science. The biggest number that matters for pitchers in terms of an actual factor, is rotations per minute(rpm). This matters a lot because both fastballs and breaking balls move and break based on the spin rate. Also fun fact, you can pretty much tell when a pitcher is using something artificial to increase his grip to cause a higher spin rate. However, it is illegal, but still many do it and get caught lol. My favorite pitch is the breaking ball, more specifically the curveball. Every pitcher has a unique approach to it. Some of the best 12-6(clock reference) curveballs from the likes of Barry Zito and Clayton Kershaw are phenomenal to watch. It looks almost fake sometimes when they really snap one off. Then there's sweeping curves and then sliders. Fastballs are interesting but we are at an era in baseball where everyone at the pro level is throwing absolute gas so it's not as unique anymore, but I still love seeing a power hitter being struck out by a high and tight fastball. A lot of haters of baseball say the sport is easy because "just hit the ball" but this is a sport where being successful 3/10 times across your career means you are well above average. When you watch baseball, you're watching people who are so dialed in and have some of the best hand-eye coordination out there, and they struggle ~70% of the time. It's been quite a while since i've slung it but I can almost say with absolute guarantee that even I still have it in me to make sure someone who has never hit before, never touches the ball on a swing in multiple at-bats. It's something that takes so long to understand to read and understand. And lets say this person gets a hit on me in 10 atbats, that is better than what most people can do. It's pretty interesting to think about. a Hall of Fame quarterback completes anywhere from like 60-68% of his passes whereas a HOF hitter in todays era hits about 30% give or take a few percentages. Sorry for the wall of text, I'm super passionate about pitching and baseball and I love when others show interest and I just want others to see the art that I see when I watch baseball. Much love man keep up the work
If you don't' understand baseball, you might think the pitcher is just throwing the ball and there's nothing to do. But there is a lot of skill and strategy involved, and as you can see, there are many types of pitches and each is thrown in a different way. Each pitcher has his own arsenal of pitches, and each team has stats on which pitches each person on the opposing team hits well and which pitches are likely to get that player out. So the pitcher and catcher have a strategy for every batter, in terms of which pitches they will throw and where they will throw them (inside or outside, high or low). There is a lot more strategy involved than what appears to be happening. The players in the field will set up and shift depending upon the pitch that is thrown and the way they expect the batter to hit that pitch. And on and on...
When a pitcher receives a fresh new baseball the first thing he does us rub and massage it. He is trying to stretch, squeeze the cover so that the red stitches of the baseball rise higher from the white horse hide. This gives more resistance to the air flow as the ball spins towards the batter. Its all aerodynamics.....long fingers also help to create more spin/rotation rate, forward velocity, different release points. The best pitchers are those with the best control...meaning they put the ball exactly where they want. Some guys know how to throw different pitches...but the best normally have 3....but they have the control and command of those pitches to baffle the Batters. It's a combination of mixing the pitches, placement, variation of release, target, motion speed....many many things to fool a batter. But just one tiny mistake and a fan has a homerun ball. Also there are times when the pitcher is just having a bad day and we may have to take a shower earlier that day than he planned.
Baseball is a strange sport and hitting is hard! If you go 1 for 5 on average (.200 avg) you’ll be out of the league. 2 for 5 (.400 avg) on average and you’ll be the greatest hitter in history. It’s crazy how small the separation is. No one has hit .400 in 80 plus years for a season.
Watching a good knuckleballer is the best. It’s a ball that looks east to hit. 55 to 75 mph, comes out straight and then dances everywhere. Catchers had to get special oversized gloves to catch it because it was unpredictable.
Other than direction and speed changes, a major reason certain pitches work is that their path to the batter is the same until around the 25-30 foot mark then they will just dive down and away or down and in. Pitches will look like a fastball during the window of time a batter needs to react but change after he has already made his decision to swing or not. This results in batters swinging at pitches that hit the ground before it even gets to them, its way too late to stop your swing and they know it which results in lots of broken/thrown bats at the plate.
Having played both sports I think throwing a baseball ACCURATELY is far harder than throwing a football accurately. But it’s easier to throw a baseball farther than a football.
3:23 You can break a bat if you hit the ball in the wrong spot, such as closer to the handle. Bats made of harder wood, like maple, have less give and are more prone to breaking. It's not always as dramatic as shattering and flying splinters. It often just cracks along the wood grain. I once broke a bat the first time I hit a ball with it. I had just bought it earlier that day. Needless to say, I was upset.
In terms of playing catch with your buddy in the backyard, it's harder to throw a football than a baseball. However, in a professional setting, with all of the different grips and deliveries that yield different breaks in baseball, pitching is harder to learn than throwing a football at quarterback in football.
Idk if anyone answered this but your question about throwing a baseball compared to a football. As someone who has done both I'd say it depends on the size of your hand like of you have smaller hands a football is probably harder to control and get a proper grip on to make a proper throw but baseballs are obviously significantly smaller so it's just a matter of practice to get control and not throw all over the place you know. Also obahvenr played baseball in like 6-7 years but my favorite pitches to practice and message around throwing were cutters, sliders, circle change ups and knucklecurves. From memory I got pretty decent at them it was just a matter of control. I'm not gonna sit here and say I should be a pro haha I was probably accurate like 50-60% of the time at best
Yes, ABSOLUTELY harder to throw a baseball than a football - as specifically as baseballs need to be placed or they're crushed. a 1/2" the wrong way and it's either you win or they win sometimes.
eephus would be easy if the goal was just hitting the ball, but most of time goal is hitting it hard, not just hitting., so that the ball fly far and fast and can't be catched in time by defense (unless you plan to bunt). and the harder you want to hit, the more precise timing you need to have. it's like heisenberg's uncertainty principle. so eephus is easy if you just want to hit it, or plan to bunt it. but it's hard to hit, if you want to blast it out of the ballpark because it messes up your timing. not sure if i was able to explain, i hope it makes sense.
@@ItsMatthewReacts If the ball is hit near where the hands grip the bat, the wood is thinner there an it's much easier to break, especially when you consider that the heavy part of the bat still wants to go forwards, as to the hands. Makes a lever and *snap*.
6:53 "following with your eyes and just hit it" Easier said than done when you're the one in the batter's box It looks easy to hit which is why it is effective in striking out a batter Best way I can explain is that when you're in the batter's box you could actively see the ball coming at a very slow speed so in your mind you're thinking "I could hit this easy ball" then you impulsively swing, but what happens is when the ball comes close for you to hit is that it gives of the illusion that it disappears or it sinks either one of those 2 could happen which is why it gained the reputation as the trickiest pitch in book. What makes this pitch amazing is that it looks like a fastball when you're watching but when you're in the box it is slow.
Ohhh nice! I see, thank you very much! That is just insane, makes me wonder who actually came up with all these different techniques, a lot of trial and error I assume, and throwing these balls seems just so difficult, guess it takes years to execute perfection.
The 1st Baseman is the defensive player who is stationed in the infield near first base. The defensive infield consists of 4 players: 1st Baseman, 2nd Baseman, 3rd baseman and Shortstop. The Shortstop generally covers an area between 2nd base and the normal range leftward of the 3rd Baseman. Sometimes the defense will station 3 men between 1st Base and 2nd Base and only one between 2nd Base and 3rd Base or vice versa. Right-handed hitters will generally, but not always, hit ground balls between 2nd and 3rd Bases. Likewise, Left-handed hitters will generally hit ground balls between 1st and 2nd bases. The latter formations are utilized to defend hitters who overwhelmingly hit ground balls the expected direction and only rarely towards the other.
Greatest pitcher in recent history Greg Maddux, he didn't throw fast balls, it was all about speed changes and location, he was the greatest control pitcher ever, literally could throw the ball anywhere perfectly, like hit a mosquito accurate.
“Throwing” a baseballl is easier than throwing a football. But “Pitching” a baseball is much harder than both. The pitcher is a specialist. The other players throw the ball, but it’s not the same.
Currently Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros has allowed the lowest scores to other teams this season, a statistic called ERA (earned run average. If a pitcher has an ERA of 4, that means they give up an average of 4 runs per game to the other team)
A thing the knuckleball, is that if it gets by the catcher, any base runner may have the opportunity to advance 1 base. Also, in the MLB if on Strike 3 if the ball hits the ground, the batter can try to advance to first as long as there is no one on first, or there are 2 outs. If he successfully reaches first before he's tagged out, or thrown out, the defense doesn't get the out.
If I've been throwin fastballs all day long the batter is expecting fastball but if I come at him with this slow 68 mph eephus that lobs in he's thinkin pfft I got this and whifs at it because he overthinks it!
11:41 “Who’s the best pitcher?” Depends on who you ask, but Max Scherzer from the New York Mets has been having a great season. Just to let you know, pitchers don’t play in every game. They rotate pitchers in different games because it’s very taxing on your arm. A starting pitcher probably plays one out of every 3-6 games.
I'm sure pesapallo makes understanding baseball easier, considering that that is played in your region. However, I am sure the concept of pitching must be new to you because of that, so I'm glad you had a chance to see this.
Yes the pitcher is trying to keep the batter guessing on which pitch is coming next . There is no best pitch is about keeping the batter off balance (mentally) so its more about the right pitch at the right time . The "count" (number of balls & strikes) is the big clue for the batter to know what's coming next . They also scout every pitcher before games meaning watch film and study his tendencies.
You should react to the last perfect game in the MLB. Felix Hernandez against the Rays, back in 2012. And there's only been 22 thrown in the 150 year history of baseball
Baseball is a game of institutionalized deception. The reason pitches work against batters is arm motion. Pitchers throw every pitch with the same arm motion. So if they throw a 90 mph fastball and a 70 mph curveball or change up it's hard for the batter to tell the difference. However, excellent eyesight is a must for hitters, and some have eyesight better than 20/20. Hitters are able to tell the difference between pitches by recognizing the spin of the ball and knowing a pitchers tendencies. If you know he likes to throw a breaking pitch in certain situations you look for it. Otherwise you expect the fastball and adjust for the breaking ball. More important than speed however is rotation of the ball. All illegal substances increase the rotation of the ball. A 90 mph fastball with a high rotation is better than a 100 mph fastball that is straight. Also pitchers hide the ball with their pitching motions. Batters like to pick up or see the ball release from the pitchers hand as soon as possible, so pitchers will hide the ball with their motion, their gloves, their leg or foot etc. for as long as possible. I've seen pitchers with 87 mph fastballs get 10+ strikeouts per game simply because their pitching motions were so odd or they're able to keep the batter from seeing the release of the ball for a period of time.
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It’s a lot easier to learn how to throw a baseball casually than a football. But it’s a lot easier to learn how to throw consistent spirals than it is to learn how to actually pitch
Perhaps I should get one and try this summer, could be fun to learn, looks like you can vary the throws quite a lot too!
I'll preface your answers to your questions with; i'm no expert, but I pitched for ~10 years and I have to say as a kid I was a catcher like my dad until I was 7-8 years old(which you dont do much) and I was losing interest in baseball and I started pitching and it reignited my love for the sport and I started seeing baseball as a chess game, which is rightfully is.
You hinted at being interested in the science. The biggest number that matters for pitchers in terms of an actual factor, is rotations per minute(rpm). This matters a lot because both fastballs and breaking balls move and break based on the spin rate. Also fun fact, you can pretty much tell when a pitcher is using something artificial to increase his grip to cause a higher spin rate. However, it is illegal, but still many do it and get caught lol.
My favorite pitch is the breaking ball, more specifically the curveball. Every pitcher has a unique approach to it. Some of the best 12-6(clock reference) curveballs from the likes of Barry Zito and Clayton Kershaw are phenomenal to watch. It looks almost fake sometimes when they really snap one off. Then there's sweeping curves and then sliders. Fastballs are interesting but we are at an era in baseball where everyone at the pro level is throwing absolute gas so it's not as unique anymore, but I still love seeing a power hitter being struck out by a high and tight fastball.
A lot of haters of baseball say the sport is easy because "just hit the ball" but this is a sport where being successful 3/10 times across your career means you are well above average. When you watch baseball, you're watching people who are so dialed in and have some of the best hand-eye coordination out there, and they struggle ~70% of the time. It's been quite a while since i've slung it but I can almost say with absolute guarantee that even I still have it in me to make sure someone who has never hit before, never touches the ball on a swing in multiple at-bats. It's something that takes so long to understand to read and understand. And lets say this person gets a hit on me in 10 atbats, that is better than what most people can do. It's pretty interesting to think about. a Hall of Fame quarterback completes anywhere from like 60-68% of his passes whereas a HOF hitter in todays era hits about 30% give or take a few percentages.
Sorry for the wall of text, I'm super passionate about pitching and baseball and I love when others show interest and I just want others to see the art that I see when I watch baseball. Much love man keep up the work
them pitches be crazy. (always wanted to say that)
If you don't' understand baseball, you might think the pitcher is just throwing the ball and there's nothing to do. But there is a lot of skill and strategy involved, and as you can see, there are many types of pitches and each is thrown in a different way. Each pitcher has his own arsenal of pitches, and each team has stats on which pitches each person on the opposing team hits well and which pitches are likely to get that player out. So the pitcher and catcher have a strategy for every batter, in terms of which pitches they will throw and where they will throw them (inside or outside, high or low). There is a lot more strategy involved than what appears to be happening. The players in the field will set up and shift depending upon the pitch that is thrown and the way they expect the batter to hit that pitch. And on and on...
When a pitcher receives a fresh new baseball the first thing he does us rub and massage it. He is trying to stretch, squeeze the cover so that the red stitches of the baseball rise higher from the white horse hide. This gives more resistance to the air flow as the ball spins towards the batter. Its all aerodynamics.....long fingers also help to create more spin/rotation rate, forward velocity, different release points. The best pitchers are those with the best control...meaning they put the ball exactly where they want. Some guys know how to throw different pitches...but the best normally have 3....but they have the control and command of those pitches to baffle the Batters. It's a combination of mixing the pitches, placement, variation of release, target, motion speed....many many things to fool a batter. But just one tiny mistake and a fan has a homerun ball. Also there are times when the pitcher is just having a bad day and we may have to take a shower earlier that day than he planned.
Baseball is a strange sport and hitting is hard! If you go 1 for 5 on average (.200 avg) you’ll be out of the league. 2 for 5 (.400 avg) on average and you’ll be the greatest hitter in history. It’s crazy how small the separation is. No one has hit .400 in 80 plus years for a season.
Watching a good knuckleballer is the best. It’s a ball that looks east to hit. 55 to 75 mph, comes out straight and then dances everywhere. Catchers had to get special oversized gloves to catch it because it was unpredictable.
Other than direction and speed changes, a major reason certain pitches work is that their path to the batter is the same until around the 25-30 foot mark then they will just dive down and away or down and in. Pitches will look like a fastball during the window of time a batter needs to react but change after he has already made his decision to swing or not. This results in batters swinging at pitches that hit the ground before it even gets to them, its way too late to stop your swing and they know it which results in lots of broken/thrown bats at the plate.
Having played both sports I think throwing a baseball ACCURATELY is far harder than throwing a football accurately. But it’s easier to throw a baseball farther than a football.
I feel like throwing a baseball is one of those things with a low floor and a high ceiling. It’s easy to learn and incredibly difficult to master
@@samfalter4142 Throwing a baseball is easy. Pitching a baseball is hard, and being a successful pitcher is hard enough to justify their contracts.
3:23 You can break a bat if you hit the ball in the wrong spot, such as closer to the handle. Bats made of harder wood, like maple, have less give and are more prone to breaking.
It's not always as dramatic as shattering and flying splinters. It often just cracks along the wood grain.
I once broke a bat the first time I hit a ball with it. I had just bought it earlier that day. Needless to say, I was upset.
Tim Wakefield was the master of the knuckleball
MLB infield throws and/or double plays!
In terms of playing catch with your buddy in the backyard, it's harder to throw a football than a baseball. However, in a professional setting, with all of the different grips and deliveries that yield different breaks in baseball, pitching is harder to learn than throwing a football at quarterback in football.
Idk if anyone answered this but your question about throwing a baseball compared to a football. As someone who has done both I'd say it depends on the size of your hand like of you have smaller hands a football is probably harder to control and get a proper grip on to make a proper throw but baseballs are obviously significantly smaller so it's just a matter of practice to get control and not throw all over the place you know. Also obahvenr played baseball in like 6-7 years but my favorite pitches to practice and message around throwing were cutters, sliders, circle change ups and knucklecurves. From memory I got pretty decent at them it was just a matter of control. I'm not gonna sit here and say I should be a pro haha I was probably accurate like 50-60% of the time at best
Yes, ABSOLUTELY harder to throw a baseball than a football - as specifically as baseballs need to be placed or they're crushed. a 1/2" the wrong way and it's either you win or they win sometimes.
Wow!! Yes they look very hard and challenging to throw perfectly⚾️
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eephus would be easy if the goal was just hitting the ball, but most of time goal is hitting it hard, not just hitting., so that the ball fly far and fast and can't be catched in time by defense (unless you plan to bunt). and the harder you want to hit, the more precise timing you need to have. it's like heisenberg's uncertainty principle. so eephus is easy if you just want to hit it, or plan to bunt it. but it's hard to hit, if you want to blast it out of the ballpark because it messes up your timing. not sure if i was able to explain, i hope it makes sense.
Great pitchers mix all of these.
The hitters have to kind of guess what’s coming in the same way a goalie in soccer has to guess which way to go on a penalty a kick.
It’s easier to throw a baseball. But in baseball throwing and pitching are separate so it’s easier to throw a baseball but hard to pitch a baseball
Baseball is fairly simple once you learn it. Probably more complex than sports like basketball or soccer but nothing like American football
I really should learn the basics even more I think, and maybe watch some MLB games, it seems cool!
Pitching is like fighting in the way of setting up your opponent. Make him react to what he thinks is coming and do the opposite.
Bats break all the time, its wood and it eventually creates cracks from the force of the ball hitting the bat.
Wow, must be a lot of force for sure, you don't think that when you look at that small ball, the speed affects very much probably
@@ItsMatthewReacts If the ball is hit near where the hands grip the bat, the wood is thinner there an it's much easier to break, especially when you consider that the heavy part of the bat still wants to go forwards, as to the hands. Makes a lever and *snap*.
6:53 "following with your eyes and just hit it"
Easier said than done when you're the one in the batter's box
It looks easy to hit which is why it is effective in striking out a batter
Best way I can explain is that when you're in the batter's box you could actively see the ball coming at a very slow speed so in your mind you're thinking "I could hit this easy ball" then you impulsively swing, but what happens is when the ball comes close for you to hit is that it gives of the illusion that it disappears or it sinks either one of those 2 could happen which is why it gained the reputation as the trickiest pitch in book. What makes this pitch amazing is that it looks like a fastball when you're watching but when you're in the box it is slow.
Ohhh nice! I see, thank you very much! That is just insane, makes me wonder who actually came up with all these different techniques, a lot of trial and error I assume, and throwing these balls seems just so difficult, guess it takes years to execute perfection.
The 1st Baseman is the defensive player who is stationed in the infield near first base. The defensive infield consists of 4 players: 1st Baseman, 2nd Baseman, 3rd baseman and Shortstop. The Shortstop generally covers an area between 2nd base and the normal range leftward of the 3rd Baseman. Sometimes the defense will station 3 men between 1st Base and 2nd Base and only one between 2nd Base and 3rd Base or vice versa. Right-handed hitters will generally, but not always, hit ground balls between 2nd and 3rd Bases. Likewise, Left-handed hitters will generally hit ground balls between 1st and 2nd bases. The latter formations are utilized to defend hitters who overwhelmingly hit ground balls the expected direction and only rarely towards the other.
Ohhh I see, thank you so much man, I had absolutely no clue about what was going on there. Very informative brother!
Greatest pitcher in recent history Greg Maddux, he didn't throw fast balls, it was all about speed changes and location, he was the greatest control pitcher ever, literally could throw the ball anywhere perfectly, like hit a mosquito accurate.
“Throwing” a baseballl is easier than throwing a football. But “Pitching” a baseball is much harder than both. The pitcher is a specialist. The other players throw the ball, but it’s not the same.
Bases loaded with a 3-0 count is best case you know its a fastball right down the middle an those get crushed
Currently Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros has allowed the lowest scores to other teams this season, a statistic called ERA (earned run average. If a pitcher has an ERA of 4, that means they give up an average of 4 runs per game to the other team)
A thing the knuckleball, is that if it gets by the catcher, any base runner may have the opportunity to advance 1 base. Also, in the MLB if on Strike 3 if the ball hits the ground, the batter can try to advance to first as long as there is no one on first, or there are 2 outs. If he successfully reaches first before he's tagged out, or thrown out, the defense doesn't get the out.
If I've been throwin fastballs all day long the batter is expecting fastball but if I come at him with this slow 68 mph eephus that lobs in he's thinkin pfft I got this and whifs at it because he overthinks it!
11:41 “Who’s the best pitcher?”
Depends on who you ask, but Max Scherzer from the New York Mets has been having a great season.
Just to let you know, pitchers don’t play in every game. They rotate pitchers in different games because it’s very taxing on your arm. A starting pitcher probably plays one out of every 3-6 games.
I'm sure pesapallo makes understanding baseball easier, considering that that is played in your region. However, I am sure the concept of pitching must be new to you because of that, so I'm glad you had a chance to see this.
Each of the bases have a defender. 1st base has the 1st baseman. 2nd and has the 2nd baseman and shortstop. And 3rd base has the 3rd baseman.
If you can throw a rock, you can throw a baseball. Pitching is mostly about arm strength. Just throwing a football in a spiral is a skill to learn.
Throwing a baseball is harder because it's an unnatural throwing motion.
Yes the pitcher is trying to keep the batter guessing on which pitch is coming next .
There is no best pitch is about keeping the batter off balance (mentally) so its more about the right pitch at the right time .
The "count" (number of balls & strikes) is the big clue for the batter to know what's coming next . They also scout every pitcher before games meaning watch film and study his tendencies.
There’s no better sport than baseball.
You should react to the last perfect game in the MLB. Felix Hernandez against the Rays, back in 2012. And there's only been 22 thrown in the 150 year history of baseball
You should check out the rules of baseball.
to just throw it? football is harder. to throw it like a pitcher or a QB? Pitcher. Throwing it the easy part of the QBs job.
Baseball is a game of institutionalized deception. The reason pitches work against batters is arm motion. Pitchers throw every pitch with the same arm motion. So if they throw a 90 mph fastball and a 70 mph curveball or change up it's hard for the batter to tell the difference. However, excellent eyesight is a must for hitters, and some have eyesight better than 20/20.
Hitters are able to tell the difference between pitches by recognizing the spin of the ball and knowing a pitchers tendencies. If you know he likes to throw a breaking pitch in certain situations you look for it. Otherwise you expect the fastball and adjust for the breaking ball.
More important than speed however is rotation of the ball. All illegal substances increase the rotation of the ball. A 90 mph fastball with a high rotation is better than a 100 mph fastball that is straight. Also pitchers hide the ball with their pitching motions. Batters like to pick up or see the ball release from the pitchers hand as soon as possible, so pitchers will hide the ball with their motion, their gloves, their leg or foot etc. for as long as possible. I've seen pitchers with 87 mph fastballs get 10+ strikeouts per game simply because their pitching motions were so odd or they're able to keep the batter from seeing the release of the ball for a period of time.
You gotta start watching some Jomboy Media videos. You'll understand Baseball in no time and you'll fall in love I promise!
Check out stuff about pitcher AND hitter Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese Babe Ruth!!
Now you absolutely have to react to "can the average guy hit a 98 MPH fastball"
The science of batting, hitting a baseball.
10:15 words cannot describe how angry I am
I am sorry, I will check the rules!!!
We early in this bitch 😁
That's the only way my man!!