not so much fantasy baseball as...well, just read it

[Madison]

I lost interest last year with the Alomonte incident. Sad when you have to resort to cheating in little league .

[DK]

I lost interest last year with the Alomonte incident. Sad when you have to resort to cheating in little league .

i wholeheartedly agree. usually any type of curve or a pitch with break on it cause the arm trouble. split fingers, changeups, sinkers, etc. are fine. curves, sliders, screwballs, etc. are not. a knuckler is borderline, because it's an odd movement but you don't snap your wrists or twist your arm doing it.

[Guest]

Knuckleballs are actually easiest on your arm because there's no snapping of the elbow, it's all fingertips, and knuckleballs aren't thrown as hard. Tim Wakefield, the most well-known knuckleball pitcher today, hasn't had any arm problems (I think he's had back problems). Wakefield threw 160 pitches in a game a few years ago but throwing knuckleballs, it's like playing an easy game of catch, since you don't throw hard and you're not putting torque on your elbow.

Every kid pitching in the LLWS is throwing curveballs, some throw sliders (which is hell on arms). These kids are 12 years old. Nolan Ryan didn't throw a curveball until he was 19 years old, and pitched in the bigs until he was 46.

[DK]

Knuckleballs are actually easiest on your arm because there's no snapping of the elbow, it's all fingertips, and knuckleballs aren't thrown as hard. Tim Wakefield, the most well-known knuckleball pitcher today, hasn't had any arm problems (I think he's had back problems). Wakefield threw 160 pitches in a game a few years ago but throwing knuckleballs, it's like playing an easy game of catch, since you don't throw hard and you're not putting torque on your elbow.

Every kid pitching in the LLWS is throwing curveballs, some throw sliders (which is hell on arms). These kids are 12 years old. Nolan Ryan didn't throw a curveball until he was 19 years old, and pitched in the bigs until he was 46.

good point...but don't forget carpal tunnel syndrome. its better than TJ i guess.