Baseball Pitches

Not sure if this belongs here or in OiLF so if it should be in left field can someone move it?

Anyway this year I'm moving up a division in baseball and im going to be playing with people who are 1.5 years older than me. I used to be able to just blow my fastball by hitters when they were the same age or younger then me but i don't think ill be able to do that anymore. So my question is do any of you guys know baseball pitches that don't hurt your arm/shoulder much that have a break on it??? If you do what are they and how do you throw them

Knuckler

Haha ive actually been working on that for a few weeks, i can throw a decent knuckler about 40 feet. Hopefully by the time the season starts i can throw it all the way to home plate.

Change up. It can work so well if you practice a lot.

depending on how good your fastball is, you may want to look at a splitter (no idea how stressful the pitch is to your arm/shoulder though as i was never a pitcher)

My fastball is about 65MPH. Thanks for the suggestions guys

Try the Slider or Cutter. i can throw both averagely, and a sorta sinker thing

You can throw a good slider by just having your two fingers on the far seam a you're holding a two-seam fastball(the far right seam if you're a righty). It works for me at least.

A splitter might be a good idea, but it can screw up your hand and/or fingers. A change up is relatively "easy" to throw, but takes a lot of practice to make it work and to make it not look obvious in its delivery.

You could also try the type of slider where you basically take the fastball grip and turn your wrist 90 degrees outward. Try throwing it like a football, basically, and let it roll off your fingers.

Cool, thanks for the help guys :)

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Originally Posted by Red Sox Fan 734

My fastball is about 65MPH. Thanks for the suggestions guys

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How old are you?? If you are in HS, and you are throwing a 65 MPH fastball, I would suggest a Knuckleball......If you are in middle school, I would say work on your fast ball to get it in the mid 80's, then on the side work on a cutter or a sharp curve ball

I think he's 36.

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Originally Posted by BINGLEBOP

I think he's 36.

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If he is 36 and has a fastball of 65, he should try out for my softball team........

I think he's paralyzed from the neck down as well.

You can try the Bugs Bunny pitch, though its tough to master.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnN1gjmEars

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Originally Posted by ragecage

You can try the Bugs Bunny pitch, though its tough to master.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnN1gjmEars

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I think he might be balking :D.

Even though you are a Red Sox fan and I, by default, hate you because I am a Yankees fan, I will help you out as a fellow human being and former pitcher.

Since you seem to be quite young, I am guessing 14 years old, a breaking ball is going to kill your shoulder. Take it from experience. I started playing baseball when I was 7 years old and I know a lot about pitching because I was a pitcher.

If you are 14 years old and not too developed biologically (which I am totally guessing here but based on what you said about your fastball velocity) a breaking ball is going to damage your shoulder or worse, your elbow.

If you start throwing a slider, your elbow is going to suffer. If you try a curveball, say bye bye to your shoulder and it will hurt, a lot.... I wouldn't recommend a change up because you are not old enough to throw it effectively (again, it is a simple guess since I don't know you in person). If you think you are in great shape, then you may want to try a change up. Circle change and straight change-up have very little chance of hurting your elbow if thrown properly.

Now, if you really want a breaking ball, I would recommend a knuckle curve or a spike curve (and yes, they are different, something many people do not know).

A spike curveball is what Mike Mussina used to throw (unfortunately, he retired). Basically, grip it like a fastball but leave your right finger straight instead of making it take the shape of the baseball.

A knuckle curve can be thrown many different ways with many different grips, so I will recommend you see a coach.

Hope it helps!

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Cool, thanks for the help guys :)

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Good luck, RSF...and let us know how you get on, eh?

Eephus pitch
and DEFINATLY work on the Knuckle.... I dont think its used anywhere near enough in the sport. plus... if u ever made it to the majors... you could play forever :D ask Neikro and Wake

Cool im definitely going to try and throw a splitter and the pitch that geisser was talking about. And ya, so you guys know i just turned 14

There is a pitch on those old High Heat games called the Fosh Ball. What the hell is that?

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There is a pitch on those old High Heat games called the Fosh Ball. What the hell is that?

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It's also in BM...Sir Kodiak's sticky on pitches will explain it