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Baseball History The Spitball Famous Pitchers Dabbling In The Spitter: Famous Pitchers Dabbling in the Spitter
Baseball History The Spitball Famous Pitchers Dabbling In The Spitter: Famous Pitchers Dabbling in the Spitter
Famous Pitchers Dabbling in the Spitter
Famous Pitchers Dabbling in the Spitter has a feature about Christy Mathewson's taking up the pitch near the end of his career, including his own words. Taken together with the details about Walter Johnson and his spitter, this article shows just how much the spitball penetrated pitching circles in the Deadball Era (1901-1919).