Major League Baseball

I think my best ball is the curve the fellows call the 'hook.' I pitch it over-handed with a half-round arm motion, starting slowly and finishing with a fast snap motion, starting slowly and finishing with a fast snap with the hand and wrist bent. My next best ball is a speedy one. I always make the ball twist, no matter what I pitch. My first ball I let off the third finger on the side, but near the tip, with the stud of the little finger press hard under the ball. I have a twisting slow ball, and a sidearm curve, also a fast underhand ball.

That old paw served me pretty well in its time. It gave me a firmer grip on the ball, so I could spin it over the hump. It gave me a greater dip.

It was the most devastating pitch I ever faced. - Ty Cobb

The greatest fielding pitcher the game ever had. - Frank Chance