02 August 2006

The 10 Nastiest Pitches in Baseball

Sports Illustrated has a nice bit on the
Nastiest Pitches in Baseball
I remember reading a while back that NY Giant pitcher Rube Marquard had somekind of pitch that did crazy things as it crossed the plate; sadly for him it was a hundred years ago, so he didn't make S.I.'s list


Marquard 1909

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

nice pic!

Anonymous said...

Actually, Maquard only had one or two great years: 1912/1913. the rest were hampered by arm trouble as a result of this nasty spitter/curveball which you mentioned. Ditto the "nice pic" take