- Dec 7, 2011
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I guess I am officially "old". At least that's what I thought given all this redefinition of what a "backdoor curve" is (origin I see as the dummies on ESPN)
Todays definition has become so prevalent that to prove I am not senile yet I had to investigate on the great internet what was engrained in my head from playing baseball through into my mid 30's....
Today's redefinition => Any breaking ball thrown starting outside the strike zone then breaking back in on the back half of the same side of the plate to be a strike.
ORIGINAL definition from the beginning of time thru to the Softball ESPN redefinition in the 2000's => (quoting probably an old baseball guy on FoxSports) "You can throw a backdoor breaking pitch only to an opposite-handed hitter. That means left-handed pitchers can throw backdoor breaking pitches only to right-handed batters, and vice-versa. If you hear or read some describing a left on left or right on right backdoor breaking pitch they’re using the terminology improperly"
You can choose if you want to propagate the smartness of ESPN.....
Todays definition has become so prevalent that to prove I am not senile yet I had to investigate on the great internet what was engrained in my head from playing baseball through into my mid 30's....
Today's redefinition => Any breaking ball thrown starting outside the strike zone then breaking back in on the back half of the same side of the plate to be a strike.
ORIGINAL definition from the beginning of time thru to the Softball ESPN redefinition in the 2000's => (quoting probably an old baseball guy on FoxSports) "You can throw a backdoor breaking pitch only to an opposite-handed hitter. That means left-handed pitchers can throw backdoor breaking pitches only to right-handed batters, and vice-versa. If you hear or read some describing a left on left or right on right backdoor breaking pitch they’re using the terminology improperly"
You can choose if you want to propagate the smartness of ESPN.....