Posted By:
Mark LEric
I think that baseball may be different from other games in the manner that you suggest. Did Johnson have a lot of movement on his fastball? I'm not sure. But according to witnesses he had excellent command of his fastball. And the record book says that he gave up one walk every four innings, which isn't bad. Did other old time pitchers have any stuff? any movement on their pitches? Many surely did since many of them specialized in the spitball, the shineball, the emery ball, etc. But pitchers like Matty and Alexander managed to outpitch them all with their natural stuff AND superb contol. Therefore I believe that they were pretty good pitchers, as such.