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Who Invented the Pitcher's Mound? (2019x236)

Udgivelsesdato: Sep 05, 2019

Check my other channel Highlight History: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnb-VTwBHEV3gtiB9di9D→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Who Invented the Food Pyramid and Why You'd Be Crazy to Follow It https://youtu.be/-PBf58Molvc The Curious Case of the "Law of the Tongue" https://youtu.be/jvycCQCqI7A In this video: Today, the pitcher is probably the most important position on a baseball field. However, this wasn’t always the case. In the early days of the game (see: Who Really Invented Baseball?), the pitcher’s role was merely to toss the ball to players to initiate play, since the real action didn’t start until the bat hit the ball. Pitchers often lobbed the ball underhand; there were no fastballs or curveballs (at least other than the natural curve from the underhand pitch), and no balls or strikes were called. Since baseball revolved around batters hitting the ball, a pitcher would pitch as many pitches as needed until a hit was executed. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/03/pitchers-mound-get-introduced-baseball/ Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_field#Pitcher.27s_mound http://m.livescience.com/32680-why-is-there-a-pitchers-mound-in-baseball.html http://www.thenationalpastimemuseum.com/article/origins-art-pitching-during-19th-century-0 http://sabr.org/latest/charles-alexander-thoughts-ty-cobb-and-deadball-era http://www.hardballtimes.com/the-height-of-the-hill/ http://groundskeeper.mlblogs.com/2005/05/23/the-pitching-mound/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Major_League_Baseball_season http://www.sportingcharts.com/mlb/stats/team-shutouts/2015/ http://www.sportingcharts.com/m