Pitch
As in pitch a script for a movie, how old is the usage? Clearly baseball-related, but I can't recall whether Dave included it in his look at such terms recently.BTW the OED defines a pitch, among...
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I would think it more likely to derive from this sense: " to place or lay out (wares) in a fixed place for sale; hence, to expose for sale in the market or other public place" (OED2), which is cited...
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Baseball has had very few rule changes for a sport that has been played professionally since 1869. The pitcher, who throws to the batter, has always been permitted to throw overhand, or underhand-...
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I've just checked with the cricketer sitting next to me and it is also still legal to bowl underhand in cricket too.I've also run into a number of darts players who throw the darts underhand - now...
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cricket...bowl...??How exactly does one "bowl" overhand? Last time I did that (tenpins), I took out a ceiling fixture.
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You should try letting go later wg!In cricket you swing your arm around behind you and over your shoulder and let go of the ball when it's about 45 degrees. You have your forefinger and middle finger...
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Still sounds like a "pitch" or a "shot". I question the verb "bowl" there. Bowl, to me anyways, essentially means to roll something.
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I'm assured it's always been called bowling, never, ever pitching.Check with the MCC
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Sure, remember "The Magnificent Seven," James Coburn in a duel with a gunslinger, killed him w/ an underhand knife throw.
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One important difference between the cricket "bowl" and the baseball "pitch" is that it is usual (although not, I believe, required) in cricket for the ball to hit the ground before reaching the...
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It's better if the ball hits the ground in cricket because the bowler puts spin on it so it will fly off in a less predictable direction. The trick for the bowler is to fool the batsman and curve the...
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The same principles of altering the ball are used in baseball and are equally illegal. The "spitball," adding saliva or another foreign substance to the ball, dates to 1905. The term "spitter,"...
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Flynn, do you or your friend remember when there was an international enquiry into accusations of illegal roughening of cricket balls? I have a feeling it was Pakistan/England, but I'm not sure.
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For new pitchers only-those older ones could keep using them . Burleigh Grimes was the last until the 30's or so,I believe.
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This is the official list of Spitball Pitchers, who depended so much on the style that they would have been unable to play without it.
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There was a scandal in the mid 90s or possibly a bit earlier (towards the end of Imran Khan's captaincy) where members of the Pakistan team Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were accused of using bottle...
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