Some saying the risks of getting hit by a fastball or a line drive, or colliding with another player, are all part of the sport and should stay that way.
In 1985, Sports Illustrated writer George Plimpton tricked many readers when he ran a made-up article about a rookie pitcher named Sid Finch, who could throw a fastball over 168 miles an hour.
Oh, thank God we don't have to hear that stupid story about that place...- It was called the Fun Zone. I was 11. I hit 10 straight fastballs in the batting cage.
My sister's on the high school softball team, and that girl Dede is so good that she practices with them sometimes." " You're talking about the player with the killer fastball, right?
For instance, two fastballs to the upper right of the strike zone will be close together in this " pitching space" , whereas a curveball to the same location will end up somewhere else.