View Single Post
Old 04-13-2019, 09:37 AM   #2
Curve Ball Dave
Hall Of Famer
 
Curve Ball Dave's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Chicago
Posts: 2,393
Are you sure you're not conflating wild pitches with passed balls? A Wild Pitch is just that, it was so wild the catcher could not receive or block it with reasonable effort. Most wild pitches bounce in front of the plate (the minority are launched over the catcher's head), and depending on where the bounce is, how fast the pitch was, and how fast the ball was spinning being able to block the pitch without it deflecting away from the catcher far enough so a runner can't advance comes down to pure luck, not skill. I was a catcher for over fifteen years. Just like catching foul tips, you give it your best effort but at some point the laws of physics overcomes your skill in catching baseballs.

Also if the catcher calls a good game making the pitcher comfortable might effect the amount of WP

It doesn't. A pitcher may feel as comfortable as a baby in his mother's arms but that still won't stop him from holding on to that breaking ball too long or otherwise just missing his release point from time to time and bouncing it in.
__________________
"Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing"-Warren Spahn.

Last edited by Curve Ball Dave; 04-13-2019 at 09:41 AM.
Curve Ball Dave is offline   Reply With Quote