Is it true that back in the day(Babe Ruth Era) that they only threw fastballs? If that is true the players now would have over a million homeruns!
2007-06-12 11:30:40 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
common sense tells most of us, no
2007-06-12 11:35:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They threw the same pitches as now except for maybe a splitter and cut fastballs. However, spitballs were much more common. That maybe why no one has a million homeruns. It's kinda tough to hit a ball weighed down with someone's saliva. Also fences in most cases were much deeper.
2007-06-12 18:41:15 · answer #2 · answered by dj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. The main difference between that time and today's game is the relief pitcher is more common. I have no data on how many of Ruth's homeruns were hit after the 6th or 7th innings but in this day of jet travel, there were no west cost teams, Ruth had it over todays players. He was/is good in any age though...
2007-06-12 18:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by Bob D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. There was no split finger fastball but pitchers did throw a fork ball which is similar. The biggest difference in pitching was that there was no rule banning loading the ball up. Spit, paraffin, talc, it was all legal until 1920.
2007-06-12 19:07:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Pitchers threw a variety of pitches just like today.
2007-06-12 18:51:17 · answer #5 · answered by blueyeznj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah man. They use to have other pitches. Before 1920 you could use trick pitches like spitballs.
2007-06-12 19:49:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not true at all
babe ruth pitched & had a couple of different pitches
2007-06-12 18:42:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me look into my sphere...
"I see white lightning! Dark spheres... and bubbled that...that... what is it? The gods are talking to me! Do you know what they say? They are telling me..."
No. People must be crazy to believe that.
2007-06-12 18:39:32 · answer #8 · answered by Choro-Kun 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No there were different pitches.
Someone is pulling your leg.
2007-06-12 19:31:19 · answer #9 · answered by Michael M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sort of because back than a lot of sort of older pitchers didn't know about them. So KINDA
2007-06-12 19:17:03 · answer #10 · answered by wildcatsbac 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋