2006-10-03 16:30:37 · 9 answers · asked by gotmini02 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Well, if you are a control pitcher. If you miss the corner and becomes dead middle in the strike zone, Or you curve ball doesn't drop. It will be gone. You won't last 3 inners if you have problems in controls. You may just well sit out the game.
2006-10-03 16:34:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A ball sitting a fraction of an inch differently in the pitcher's hand can make the difference between a ball and a strike or an out or a homerun.
Sounds like you knowledge of baseball comes from watching movies.
2006-10-03 16:36:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it sounds wimpy esp. if you play hockey or football but try throwing a baseball hard with a blister on a finger. It hurts like hell (OK,suck it up, I guess) but it's impossible to control your pitches. Whne you have a bunch of relievers in the pen ready to roll, why not pull your pitcher or rest him?
2006-10-03 21:44:19 · answer #3 · answered by fugutastic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try wearing a pair of new leather shoes a half size to small on a rainy day for about eight hours. You get a blister the size of a fifty cent piece on your big toe. Then imagine trying to kick a socker ball as hard as you can barefoot. Get the idea?
2006-10-03 16:47:00 · answer #4 · answered by hydroco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more than just the pain (though that is not a lot of fun) - it is the "feel".
Different pitches require different grips, different pressure points and different pressures.
A fastball is held loosely - you want it to fly out of your hand with more force than spin.
A curveball is held more firmly, as you want to impart spin.
A change-up is also held more firmly. You want it to LOOK like a fastball delivery, but you don't want the same force on it.
With a blister, that grip and more importantly, your ability to feel how much pressure you are applying, becomes harder to maintain consistently.
2006-10-04 03:10:20 · answer #5 · answered by Jon T. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get a blister on your finger while throwing is messes up
your delivery and everything and if it breaks open then it rubs
against raw skin so you can't pitch normally.
2006-10-04 03:12:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever tried to throw a baseball over 85 MPH over and over while controlling where it will cross an area the size of a box from 60 feet away? Hell yes it hurts.
2006-10-03 16:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by baseballandbbq 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the blister didnt stop hmi from pitching
it did limit his ability to throwing his change-up
2006-10-03 16:32:19 · answer #8 · answered by stl34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its becasue it messes up his grip on the baseball
2006-10-04 13:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by ADS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋