Pitcher

The pitcher is the most important position and player in baseball. A pitcher is a leader who controls the speed of the game. Pitchers are involved in every play defensively because they start each play with a pitch. A pitch is the act of throwing a baseball towards home plate which starts the play. The goal of a pitch is to strike out the batter, which makes the pitch a motor skill that is important to the sport of baseball. The type and placement of the pitch determines whether it is a strike, a ball, or a hit from the batter. A motor skill is defined as a “learned movement that is goal oriented” (Mitchell, 2013) or as “activities or tasks that require voluntary head, body, and/or limb movement to achieve a goal” (Magill, 2007). There are…

baseball, the pitcher is one of the most vital players on the team. He must follow a precise sequence of steps to throw the pitch the way he had intended to. The best way for a pitcher to throw hard and throw strikes is to choose the proper stance and pitch, execute the pitch, and follow through into an athletic fielding position. Before the pitcher steps on the mound, he must first decide what type of stance he needs to be in. If there is a runner on base, he will be in the stretch so he will…

It was the second game of the night. We had won the first game. They had a slow pitcher who was easy to get runs off which is basically why we won. But this was a new game. We were facing the Dallas Raiders which were very good. We started the game batting because we were the away team. The Raiders defence took the field. Their pitcher picked up the ball and started to warm up on the mound. After he threw the first pitch, my stomach dropped. He was throwing fast. My coach being the way he is,…

Why is it that more Major League pitchers are having Tommy John’s surgery now that in years past? Tommy John’s surgery is a procedure to repair the Ulnar Collateral Ligament in the elbow. The surgery is named after a former Major League player named Tommy John. In 2013, the Baseball Hall of Fame honored the operation’s inventor, Dr. Frank Jobe, almost 40 years after inventing steps to fix Tommy John’s elbow (Matson, 2009). Jobe’s creation of the surgery in 1974 has allowed a large percentage of…

As technology advances all around the world, baseball pitchers are exposed to new ways to throw the baseball at high velocities. This is causing baseball to become a lot more competitive. Players are often playing baseball year round instead of participating in other sports. This year round throwing and arm fatigue is putting more stress on pitchers’ elbows than ever before. This is part of the reason why the number of UCL Reconstructions, commonly know as Tommy John Surgery, is on the rise and…

highest New York state court. This case involved the plaintiff, Shawn Bukowski, suing his school on the grounds of negligence by the defendant (Lippman, 2012). Shawn Bukowski was a pitcher for the baseball team at Clarkson University, where, during an indoor practice, was hit by a line drive in the jaw and sustained an injury. Bukowski felt that Clarkson University and their baseball coach had acted negligently and put him in unreasonable risk of harm, because there were conditions on the field…

Softball is considered a hitting game, but a great pitcher makes the game more challenging. One pitch can lead to the difference between winning and losing the game depending on if the pitch is thrown where it needs to be located. Pitching requires a great deal of time and effort to perfect a pitch, so dedication is a necessity to become the pitcher every player is afraid to hit off of. Different situations call for different pitches, and a great pitcher will execute each pitch when called.…

As of today, he holds a 4.34 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, and 9 – 6 record. I think Price will come out of his first half slump and become that dominate pitcher we saw in Detroit, Tampa Bay, and Toronto. He is on a team that doesn’t lack run support, so it’s going to be up to him to get his ERA down and go on a run of wins to help his team secure a postseason position. I think the Red Sox will finish top in their division and get over the hump that is the Baltimore Orioles because of players like David Price…

headed for third base. The game begins and I can tell for the start the game wasn't going to go well. “Ball ball ball” an outfielder calls as a ball flies over her head. Another player has a ball roll between her legs. Our pitcher hadn't been pitching the best of games at this point in her life and nothing had changed for this game. All the team tried our best to be encouraging although we were down a lot. Half way through the game Coach calls out “time Blue”. He marches out on the…

correctly is when to remove a starting pitcher from the game. As mentioned before, playoffs are different. The consequences for ill-timed decisions are magnified. A managerial error in the postseason is not as evident as it would be in the regular season. Leave a pitcher on the mound for too long and things can go south quickly; his stamina runs out, affecting future games, or worse: his long-term health is put at risk. Failure to remove the pitcher may also cause hitters to become more…