The Liniment Ball
The pitchers had the spitball, and the batters had the liniment ball. This popular legend is actually a true story, though commonly mistold.
Quirky
Spitball
Non-HOF Players
Rise and Fall of Marty O’Toole
He arrived in the majors as the most heralded rookie pitcher of his generation. The check paying for his record-setting acquisition is in the Hall of Fame, but practically no one remembers him today.
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Evolution
Evolution of the Spitball
Story of how the spitball developed into the devastating pitch that forced baseball to ban the pitch to prevent it spreading further in the game.
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