How to identify baseball pitches

Sports Explained

"If you've ever wanted to identify baseball pitches by just watching them on TV, this video is for you. That's right. A whole video just about how to identify pitches that you see when you watch baseball games on TV. Have you ever said "what pitch is that?" "Identifying pitches becomes relatively easy once you start paying attention to the velocity and movement of each pitch, and becomes even easier once you start to know which pitches various pitchers throw. "This video will also help if you've ever had these questions:

What is a four seam fastball? What does a four seam fastball look like? What is a two seam fastball? What does a two seam fastball look like? What is a sinker? What does a sinker look like? Is a sinker the same thing as a two seam fastball? What is a curveball? What is a slider? What is a breaking ball? What is a splitter? What is a cutter? What is a knuckleball? What does a slider look like? What does a cutter look like?

"Hope this video is helpful! This is the first video on this channel. Let me know what you think!"

Comments to this video at the link:

 "I've been watching baseball for 40 years and this video is literally ... LITERALLY ... the very first time I've heard anyone explain how to identify all the pitches. I've driven myself half-insane doing the research trying to find all this knowledge in one place, and always came away convinced absolutely nobody knows for sure the differences between pitches. My sincerest thanks and appreciation for making this video, Sports Explained. You've got yourself another subscriber."

"Baseball nut here that already knew how to identify pitches. A good sequel to this video would be describing situational use of each pitch. Why 4-seamers are thrown up in the zone, why pitchers throw curves in the dirt, pitch tunneling, why righties throw breaking balls to righties, and offspeed to lefties. Would be a good introduction to how to think through an at bat. The best piece of baseball that most people miss is the mental battle between hitter and pitcher.