# "Pitch" on Fox

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 25, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788 "2016-09-25T00:39:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788/21 "2016-09-27T18:52:08Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> Since it’s next to nonexistent in pro ball these days, batters have no experience with it.

Which is meaningless. With no variation big league hitters will adjust to just about anything. (Mariano, exception to the rule) Throw a 105mph fastball? It better have a lot of movement or you have a second pitch or the second time through the lineup they will be teeing off you. The screwball, circle change, split finger fastball all work because of a change of speed and unexpected movement. If you don’t have that pitch to change speeds from then it is just batting practice. Fernando was effective because his 70mph screwball came with a 90mph fastball.

The knuckleball is different because it is so unpredictable if thrown right.

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788/22 "2017-05-02T15:30:05Z")

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Looks like Ginny Baker’s injury was career-ending - [Fox has cancelled (or “not renewed,” if you’re pedantic about it) _Pitch_.](http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2017/05/01/fox-cancels-pitch-after-one-season-782411/12080/)

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788/23 "2017-05-02T15:46:49Z")

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> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#):
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> Looks like Ginny Baker’s injury was career-ending - [Fox has cancelled (or “not renewed,” if you’re pedantic about it) _Pitch_.](http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2017/05/01/fox-cancels-pitch-after-one-season-782411/12080/)

The curse of the babe…

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788/24 "2017-05-02T15:50:01Z")

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Hopefully MLB network will take a chance on it. Or another network.

Unlikely, though, and that’s a shame. This was a good show.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788/25 "2017-05-02T15:50:44Z")

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Bummer! I really liked the first season.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitch-on-fox/766788/26 "2017-05-02T16:55:50Z")

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Bah. I thought it was relatively creative and resisted being formulaic.

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