VIDEO: From Super Curve To Banana Ball – The Nastiest Pitches Used In Wiffle Ball

With Major League Baseball action yet to resume, baseball fans are having to seek their fix from other sources. The Wiffle ball seems to be many viewers’ poison of choice. With the sport fast becoming more and more mainstream over the years; perhaps it is time we looked at it from the right angle. What better place to see it pitch than watching it from behind the home plate?

The Wiffle ball is often considered as the baseball’s younger cousin, with it being played with similar rules but with slightly different equipment. The grip on the Wiffle ball and the weight of the bat on it is also something that gives the game such variety and novelty.

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Specifically, when speaking about the pitches, the variety of them is just not something that many of us may have seen. Lucky for us though, Twitter has our backs.

Types of pitches in Wiffle ball

The Wiffle ball league may be in its emergent phase still, but the deliveries to the home plate have seen some solid development. The mound for Wiffle ball is closer than a normal baseball diamond and allows lesser reaction time to any hitter. However, the deliveries also tend to be much slower than Major League Baseball and they usually end up canceling each other out as advantages.

The video features several pitches curving both inwards and outward from the batter’s stance, but they all have one thing in common. They seem to elude the hitter; leaving them without a clue of what was really going on in between them and the mound. The video features a laundry list of deliveries including several potentially routine baseball pitches too, like the screwball and the knuckleball.

However, the Wiffle ball’s unique tread also leads to some outrageous deliveries too, including the knuckle-drop, the slide drop, as well as the gypsy curve.

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The post sees a compilation of various pitchers throwing what could be their specialist pitches in an effort to strike out the opposing hitter. With several uniquely named deliveries on the cards; Wiffle ball certainly seems to be a game for the innovative.

The shape of the Wiffle ball too leads to many deliveries that any hitter can expect once at home plate. And Twitter compiled all of them into one convenient video for us.

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With the backyard game fast gaining traction in the mainstream, it could soon transition into a financial pursuit. And if it does, do you think you could hit a couple of pitches if given the opportunity? Would you even want to try out the game?