Dispelling Baseball Myths and Cliches – Part One of About A Million
It’s true that when a pitcher thinks too much about a fast baserunner on first, he screws up on his pitches to home plate. It’s also true that every time a pitcher fakes to third and tries to throw to first; a) it never works; and b) every fat drunkard in the crowd yells “balk.” But I am here to explore the things that announcers say, the fans believe, and the things that even players might believe, that are not true, no longer valid or otherwise idiotic. This unscientific and out-of-order series will start with my next post. Are you hungry for it? Don’t answer that. It was rhetorical.