2006-06-11 17:05:14 · 9 answers · asked by ford20102001 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Used to?
Pitchers would do this to scuff up the ball. Scuffing the ball would enable them to create movement on their fastballs simply by holding the scuffed side "out" (probably because of greater air resistence). Some pitchers even cut a hole in their gloves and put similar colored sandpaper in it's place so they could do this.
2006-06-11 17:08:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sandpaper Glove
2016-10-18 12:04:07 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pitchers will use several things to scuff the outside of the ball, which creates wind resistance and changes the aerodynamics of the ball's flight. Sandpaper is a good one....have the catcher sharpen his buckles on his shin guards to cut the ball is a good. I used to keep the belt buckle sharp to cut the ball with. Everytime the ball is in the dirt in the major leagues, a new ball is put in play and the offending ball is tossed out
2006-06-12 07:52:23 · answer #3 · answered by kcyankees 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the ball won't fall out of the glove
2006-06-13 07:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Softballbabe101 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask Don Sutton!
2006-06-12 02:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by br549 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To add traction for gripping the ball.
2006-06-11 17:10:50 · answer #6 · answered by beckini 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To roughen the surface, so the speed/direction can be controlled.
2006-06-11 17:08:08 · answer #7 · answered by terrified by spiders 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would be interested in knowing more about this too
2016-08-07 23:37:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends...
2016-08-22 23:36:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋