Will Tigers Pony up for Skubal

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2 hours ago, Screwball said:

That's interesting. When I learned we put three fingers in the ball. The two middle fingers of whatever hand we threw with. The holes were drilled so we could put the first two knuckles of our finger in the hole. Then another hole for the thumb. I don't remember when, but at some point, they went to the "fingertip" ball. You only put the first knuckle of your finger in the ball. This made the distance between the thumb hole and the fingers longer so you got more leverage to spin the ball - in theory. Probably true.

As the game progressed some quit using the thumb, and only drilled 2 holes in the ball for the fingers. Now, they do a thing even more unorthodox by using both hands to launch the ball in order to get more spin. It's all nuts compared to years ago.

I find this interesting given my background. Sorry for hijacking the baseball thread into a bowling conversation.

Wow. I had no idea. I could have been a bowler?

My ring, middle, and index finger were caught in a door in fifth grade. Next to last day of school.  1984.  Door closed. 30+ stitches. The tip of my middle finger is gone. My ring finger is slightly deformed and I broke the index finger. First few weeks of summer vacation sucked. Certain songs of that era make me think of soaking my hand in some kind of solution while watching MTV.   That middle finger was he’ll playing baseball on cold days if I got jammed. It was numb for 2 innings.