I’ve got the Nasty!

I recently discovered, at pitching practice, that I have a super good curveball. It has so much movement on it that I don’t think any 12 year old could hit it. I can’t throw it all the time though, because it’s not very good for your arm. But if an opportunity to throw it comes, I will definitely be striking that batter out. It was funny though, at practice, one of my coaches kept wanting to see it again and again, like it was a new toy and he was 8 years old. Then my other coach (my pitching coach) was kind of like the voice of reason and says “Just don’t fall in love with it.” I haven’t fallen in love with it, but I think my other coach has. Any way I then remembered that a curveball’s nickname is cheese (a fastball’s nickname is gas). That got me thinking, why on Earth is a pitch called cheese? I mean, of all the things to name a pitch, why cheese? Did somebody throw a piece of cheese and it curved, or did they wrap a ball in cheese and then throw it? Well whatever it is, I can throw it now, so I’ve got some cheese.

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