Other than the fact that the spitball was deliberately wetted down with countless pounds of saliva, and was scuffed, marred, what have you, what exactly did it do that differed from any other pitch, say, the curveball, or the split-finger fastball (maybe those weren't around in the dead-ball era. What kind of movement did it have? Ed Walsh was a big spitballer, and was very successfull with it, for not-so-obvious purposes. The only thing I can think of it being worthwhile throwing for is the fact that it was extremely hard to see.
2007-12-25
15:09:14
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