If it breaks, it must be a slider.....

why

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They do research and talk to each pitcher. If they say someone is throwing a slider, it's because the research tells them they're throwing a slider.

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that makes waaaaay to much sense

Yeah right. I did not hear one curve ball called tonight. Sliders do not fall off the table at the batters waist to be dug out of the dirt by the catcher.

I remember at one point during the game they showed a graphic. It said 24 fastballs had been thrown by Gray, 13 sliders, and I believe 10 curveballs was the other one. I know for sure of the numbers and the three categories, and I'm almost positive it said curveballs, sliders, and fastballs.

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I did not hear one curve ball called tonight

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I heard a few, but, as previously mentioned, they weren't going to focus on the curve when his best/favorite pitch is his slider.

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Do you realize how hard it is to legitimately tell the difference in a sharp slider and sweeping curveball from the press box?

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exactly...and 99% of the fans watching don't know the difference...

I think fly by night travelling announcers call anything that is not a 12 to 6 curve a slider. I've heard them say changeup on curve balls.....they don't know what they are seeing most of the time.

Feel lucky its even on TV.

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Why is every pitch that breaks called a slider

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Cause the pitches broke

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That curve ball to the man who hasn't researched could also be called a splitter or even one hellacious circle change. The point I'm trying to make is that the announcers are doing their best off of the information given and the OP is bitching about some truly trivial shite considering we just beat the number 3 overall draft pick to go up 1-0 in the super regionals.

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+1

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Yeah right. I did not hear one curve ball called tonight. Sliders do not fall off the table at the batters waist to be dug out of the dirt by the catcher.

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Sure they do. Most pitchers that use their slider as their out pitch start it thigh high and have it dive in the dirt. Randy Johnson comes to mind.

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Yeah right. I did not hear one curve ball called tonight. Sliders do not fall off the table at the batters waist to be dug out of the dirt by the catcher.

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Yea, and curve balls also arent thrown at 87 mph either. If a pitcher sits in the mid 90's and throws a breaking pitch less than 10 mph off of that, then it's pretty safe to say it's a slider. And yes, to whoever in the hell said that sliders only break in one plane, slider can def break down into the dirt. Have you ever seen Brad Lidge or Frankie Rodriguez pitch. They have almost 12 to 6 break on their sliders that sit at 90 mph.