I don't just like, wanna jump into whatever is foing on now. I want some old radio broadcasts/ links to watch old games as televised. I wanna start as far back as I can and eventually catch up. If anyone has some recommendstions/ lesson plans lemme know. I intend to be a Baseball Guy within a few years.
I didn't really get into baseball until I learned the ins-and-outs of pitching. Like, 90% of the game is watching the pitches. So you either really appreciate all the different pitching styles and strategies or you just kinda sit around waiting for someone to get a hit.
Watching a no-hitter goes from being the most boring fucking thing in the entire world to this on-the-edge-of-your-seat riveting experience when you get into who all the pitchers are, what they're trying to do with their throws, and how the batters respond.
Good to know. I can't throw at highway speed but I know how to throw with different spins and stuff cause wallball was THE recess game at my elementary school. We had self organized teams and brackets and tournaments and standardized rules. I remember when my dad and I were doing a little pitch and bat as a kid he noticed that I knew how to do baseball pitches correctly, I actually ended out independently inventing them as a kid playing a different game, even had different names, like I called a knuckle ball a dead ball cause the not spinning.
I never issued wall ball before. But if you've got a few pitches, there are rec leagues that would kill to have you.
Either way, yeah. The pitcher/batter drama is what makes the game engaging