What do you guys think the best pitch is? I heard the fastball is if you locate it, and heard the curveball is because it moves the most. But fastbals are the flattest and easiest to sit on, and curveballs are easy to spot and go slow enough to time them. I think the sinker is the best pitch. It moves a lot and goes fast enough. Even if you time it right, or if the pitcher doesn't locate it, it's still the most difficult to hit. That's why I love watching sinkerballers like Derek Lowe. They can throw it 90-95% of the time. With a fastball pitcher, you need to mix in breaking balls and changeups to avoid getting smoked.
The knuckler only seems to work if you throw it like Wakefields, because they seem flat otherwise and most pitchers can't throw it for strikes. That's why Wakefield and only a few others were successful with it.
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