Ty's Blog

Yay! Mason and I have been hanging out and playing ball (baseball) a lot more lately. I am not on my computer very much at all. It feels good and I am getting a lot better at baseball. It is also fun… so yay! We finished the season a couple of days ago and our record was 4 wins and 8 loses. :-\, not bad for our first time right? And the other team cheated… so whatever. I have a bunch of pitches and will tell you how to throw them… here they are:

FOR RIGHT HANDED PEOPLE!

(Sorry if you are left-handed, I am not so I don’t know how to throw with my left hand, obviously.)

4-Seam Fastball: (Click here for the picture of the grip.) This is a steady pitch that has a backspin (a normal spin for baseball) and doesn’t have another spin. This is thrown with a stiff wrist (no wrist movement just straight).

2-Seam Fastball: (Click here for the picture of the grip.) This is thrown the same way as a 4-Seam Fastball, but has an awkward spin that is less consistent for a regular backspin compared to a 4-Seam Fastball.

Sinker (MY FASTEST PITCH!!!): (Click here for the picture of the grip. This is how I throw a sinker… so there were no pictures. Just throw put two fingers across those two seams.) This has a really heavy backspin, making it sink down. THE MORE SPIN ON A BALL, THE FASTER IT GOES!!!

Change-up: (Click here for the picture of the grip.) Throw this pitch slower than a fastball. This has a backspin and is an off-speed pitch, that was thought up to screw up a batter after a few Fastballs!

Slider: (Click here for the picture of the grip. This is how I throw a slider… so there were no pictures. Put your fingers on the outside of the red horseshoe seams.) This is like a slow Sinker… kind of like the Sinker Change-up. Yeah, that is what I think a slider is… not sure. This slips a lot if not thrown correctly.

Curveball: (Click here for the picture of the grip.) Curves to the right… a spin that goes to the right or often up, then down and to the right.

Screwball: (Click here for the picture of the grip. This is how I throw a Screwball. You have to curve your hand in. It is hard and it hurts.) Curves to the left. The spin goes to the left. You have to twist your wrist the opposite way of the curveball and it kind of hurts.

Pomball: (Click here for the picture of the grip. This isn’t really a real pitch, just a little league thing. Hold across these horseshoe seams in the palm of your hand.) Drops and doesn’t have much spin. Kind of weird to throw and is hard to throw fast. It is an off-speed pitch so don’t try to throw it fast.

I would tell you how to throw a knuckleball, but I can’t throw it. Mason does though, and he is REALLY good at it. So yeah, sorry I haven’t been posting lately, and I will try to post more often. Thanks, bye-bye!

P.S.: I throw side-arm (and three-quarters) a lot so the effects will be different from a person who throws overhead. OH! And I put like an hour into this…