Baseball's first curveball was thrown underhand and inspired by seashells

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  • @captainkirkwood5957
    @captainkirkwood5957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Candy Cummins a sweet nickname in the 1800s a pornstar in the 2000s 😂

  • @christophermichaels6569
    @christophermichaels6569 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Fredrick Goldsmith is my great great grandfather. This truly means so much to see this. My uncle John wrote a biography on him and how he had grown up with him in his later years of life. And did a wonderful job expressing details on how Fredrick was as a husband, father, and a fantastic baseball player. Thank you SB Nation!

    • @theyungjesus8959
      @theyungjesus8959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ive read the book a bit but im his great great grandson and they co founded it but i dont believe that I think great grandpa Freddie was the founder of it and it's an amazing tale and should be more recognized and Freddie should be in the hall of Fame with him whether or not he found it or not he was an amazing player with an amazing story and I cannot believe we are related

    • @christophermichaels6569
      @christophermichaels6569 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theyungjesus8959 holy crap dude so we are family! And, you’re right. Even if he didn’t create it, it is a fantastic story and a really cool part of our family history. This is so crazy that over 3 years after I made this comment, somebody that I’m related to is replying to it. Wow. I’m 25 and live in Idaho. The relation comes from my moms side of the family, her last name is Castle. It would be cool to get in touch somehow. Totally made my night.

  • @myfbusters
    @myfbusters 6 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    *David Attenborough voice* And thus, with a whole two and a half hours of Jon Bois content released, the timid SB Nation emerges from the nest with its usual content series, knowing that they have a limited time before the cries for a third season of Breaking Madden begin anew

    • @jccs98
      @jccs98 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i was literally half way through typing word for word this exact comment when i scrolled down to see what the rest of y'all thought. great minds i guess. breaking madden aint coming back tho, because fixing rugby is coming, and that is a fact

  • @tiger5869
    @tiger5869 6 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    I don't really know who invented the curveball, but I think it is possible that multiple people invented it without knowledge of each other at the same time

    • @Tehcarp
      @Tehcarp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Tiger58 like the bow and arrow

    • @chriswebster24
      @chriswebster24 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s preposterous.

    • @guppy719
      @guppy719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chriswebster24 This is pre mass media and the fact that spin makes the ball move is easily observable

  • @breadvelvet
    @breadvelvet 6 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    the way you just dropped the book at the end had me in tears

  • @Tombomb615
    @Tombomb615 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I watched the clip of Will pitching like 100 times. Will is a national treasure that should be preserved at all costs.

  • @RedRaiderLobo20
    @RedRaiderLobo20 6 ปีที่แล้ว +336

    The first batter to see a curveball was probably so mind blown and thought Satan was responsible.

    • @gabrieleriva651
      @gabrieleriva651 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Or the Irish.

    • @malgold88
      @malgold88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@gabrieleriva651 probably both

    • @lordmikethegreat
      @lordmikethegreat 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What sorcery is this?

    • @lewissunflower6397
      @lewissunflower6397 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He probably ducked if it was inside because he thought it was going to hit him in the face.

    • @RedRaiderLobo20
      @RedRaiderLobo20 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      MANCHESTER UNITED there aren’t even 240 countries...

  • @KTF0
    @KTF0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    My favorite team was the Brooklyn Excelsiors. I hated the New York Mutuals. I also despise the Staten Island Haberdashers, and the Newark Ninnies. My mom was Rochester Rapscallions fan who were rivals to the Portsmouth Picaroons during the Pennysworth Chesterfieldshire era.

    • @justmetal227
      @justmetal227 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Statutory Grape woah that’s a mouthful

  • @user-xs1nh3hy5n
    @user-xs1nh3hy5n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +317

    I’ll join the army when Jon Bois tells me to...

    • @elihernandez800
      @elihernandez800 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No be a man. Join the Marines.

    • @user-xs1nh3hy5n
      @user-xs1nh3hy5n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Eli Hernandez are you Jon Bois?

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Marcus
      I can't think of a bigger insult than to call someone a "follower".

    • @createnewhandle_
      @createnewhandle_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elihernandez800 marines is for the boys. Navy all the way.

    • @DivePlane13
      @DivePlane13 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elihernandez800 *Navy

  • @onenerdvs9639
    @onenerdvs9639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just found this channel and Jon Bois yesterday. That means I have hundreds of hours of Jon Bois content and it's all fresh and new. Are you old timers jealous?

  • @Personal_Chizo
    @Personal_Chizo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    SB Nation: Alright! Time to get those sweet Bois/Biederman clicks!
    Also SB Nation: Alright! Time to get those sweet US Army dollars!

  • @beckobert
    @beckobert 6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Where's Jon Bois? It's been a full day since his last video on this channel!

  • @Il_Exile_lI
    @Il_Exile_lI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Candy Cummings led the league in strikeouts in 1875 with 82 strikeouts in 416 innings. He also had nearly 3x as many unearned runs allowed as earned runs. Defense sure was great back then.

  • @openingband
    @openingband 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My man is back! Happy to see you and your origin together again.

  • @RobertJW
    @RobertJW 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just wanted to say thanks SBNation for taking the U.S. Army’s money and using it to create interesting content on a global platform for viewers around the planet to enjoy, everywhere, for everyone.

  • @JeevesAnthrozaurUS
    @JeevesAnthrozaurUS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    In New York style baseball, if you get hit by a pitch you HAVE to say "I'm walkin 'ere!"

    • @josephD32
      @josephD32 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      New Jersey style baseball is the same, only with an added "ah" at the end.

  • @vontosmagicmurderbag2611
    @vontosmagicmurderbag2611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So slow pitch softball is the purest form of baseball.

  • @tinyistobig
    @tinyistobig 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well sb...youve done it again!!!!...another captivating mini doc...can u plz do more of the (fighting in a time of loneliness) type series....id pay for it

  • @zerebusgarago
    @zerebusgarago 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    SB Nation getting in on the lucrative "Tricking the underprivileged into dying in a god forsaken desert" racket.

    • @AndrewDangerously
      @AndrewDangerously 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You want college and healthcare without moving to Canada?

  • @KidFresh71
    @KidFresh71 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Candy job with this piece!

  • @adamg7984
    @adamg7984 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow that 14 year old boy has one hell of a beard. I guess they hit puberty early back in the civil war era.

  • @stevemccart9109
    @stevemccart9109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I knew Cummings invented the curve many years ago. As an elementary kid i loved baseball and read history books ,but i never tire hearing storys about the game. Keep em informed. Go trollydodgers!!!

  • @tycalvert9633
    @tycalvert9633 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn that casual book drop. 😅😅

  • @coltin1494
    @coltin1494 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I think multiple people could have invented it without realizing they weren't the only one doing it, but I'm calling bullshit on the 3 pole demonstration

  • @AlanGohel
    @AlanGohel 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Evolution of a pitcher bit got me good

  • @cherokeeoutlaw2.011
    @cherokeeoutlaw2.011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is unbelievably entertaining and interesting

  • @user-fr6qn9xl9e
    @user-fr6qn9xl9e 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    0:25 "He said what?" -Francis Ngannou

  • @jessewisdom1356
    @jessewisdom1356 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it's neat that the two rules were "New York and Massachusetts style." Humm. That rivalry in baseball has lived forever.

  • @bassistwithadeathwish7277
    @bassistwithadeathwish7277 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Or 'The First man to yeet a ball sideways'

  • @Aangs112
    @Aangs112 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    interesting that sb nation just posted "fighting in the age of loneliness" which was decidely anti-US army yet they're sponsored by them lol

  • @jojokesnow1712
    @jojokesnow1712 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man I love these videos

  • @BillyMcBillface
    @BillyMcBillface 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Howdy! I’d like to give my recommendation for a future episode of 1st, entitled:
    “The First Episode Of 1st”
    Thanks for your time and consideration.

  • @dezznutz3743
    @dezznutz3743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As the Winklevoss brothers will tell you, its not always the ones with the original idea that make it happen, but those who perfect the idea.

  • @candybanks8717
    @candybanks8717 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like another Tessa/Marconi story. Sometimes a thing gets invented twice but sepeately. I don't think it's despare-worthy. Cool video!😎

  • @jumbo_jimbodad9543
    @jumbo_jimbodad9543 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rewinder suggestion: Kings v Grizzlies. Tyreke Evans game winning shot from before the half Court Line

  • @ny9thzouave
    @ny9thzouave 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    To add to the confusion, Cummings is quoted as saying that Martin was throwing a kind of slow curve before him, but not like his curve ball. Martin also mentions that he experimented with the pitch while in the Union army during the Civil War on Roanoke Island, North Carolina.

  • @coolmanjack1995
    @coolmanjack1995 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok so I figured this guyu was innovative to be able to throw a curveball but then he describes how he did it to the paper using essentially the same understanding we have today, that the ball follows the path of least resistance which is different than straightforward because the spin of the ball create pressure zones around the ball. It's called the magnus effect and apparently this amateur athelete was fully aware of it during the civil war

  • @thenbagreatteller1855
    @thenbagreatteller1855 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This video will go down as one of your greatest SB Nation 👍

  • @Exayevie
    @Exayevie 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have ALWAYS wondered this!

  • @joyceblackmon1745
    @joyceblackmon1745 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nicknames have changed drastically we had a pitcher for another HS team tht we called cake because thts what he threw, he had decent speed 85-86mph but it was always right over the plate so it just like taking bp. Someone being called candy i figure would mean bout the same thing today

  • @jacobbyers7914
    @jacobbyers7914 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you please do a rewind on Hideo Nomo's Coors no-hitter???

  • @varuntheseagod4963
    @varuntheseagod4963 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Candy Cummings sounds so wrong

    • @Karmy.
      @Karmy. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stripper name

    • @emanuelmartinez7267
      @emanuelmartinez7267 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Karmy. correction, pornstar name

    • @Twinspinner
      @Twinspinner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And yet, so right

    • @galil_6863
      @galil_6863 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If Candy Cummings was a girl she'd be playing with a different type of balls...

  • @user-fr6qn9xl9e
    @user-fr6qn9xl9e 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I see Mike, I click.

  • @joeblow9657
    @joeblow9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got a bit teary eyed at the end

  • @harrisoncaldwell4541
    @harrisoncaldwell4541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The first touchdown celebration

    • @SecretBaseSBN
      @SecretBaseSBN  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your wish is my command: th-cam.com/video/PhHkJZprPTA/w-d-xo.html

  • @thickyc8629
    @thickyc8629 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Underhanded like a gentleman

  • @joeblues2000
    @joeblues2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Stern and Goldsmith there some names you can trust

  • @KC-bg1th
    @KC-bg1th 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You were a little to excited with your pronunciation of ‘knickerbocker’ lol.

  • @danielcrespo6736
    @danielcrespo6736 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How about the 1st strictly kicker position in the NFL for the next vid?

  • @kevinrobinson6601
    @kevinrobinson6601 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Brooklyn Excelsiors" lol

  • @jamespierce4386
    @jamespierce4386 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well. That take a turn.

  • @SHAd0Eheart
    @SHAd0Eheart ปีที่แล้ว +1

    18-6 loss! So Candy had a "Colorado style" ERA.

  • @djtommyc.3678
    @djtommyc.3678 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first TV commercial break

  • @thedenver2724
    @thedenver2724 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice vid!

  • @Sam-lr9oi
    @Sam-lr9oi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So whats the deal with Comcast subsidiaries and Army advertising? I just saw it on the PL on NBC Sports too, not to mention that Verge video.

    • @FeintMotion
      @FeintMotion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      All branches are running out of cheap bodies to throw at imperialist efforts.

  • @Eno22921
    @Eno22921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Of course new york style pitching was underhand at first😂

    • @PC-uh6hk
      @PC-uh6hk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Okay, if you must.

  • @DeathViper28
    @DeathViper28 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video should be called, "The Founding of Kershaw"

  • @MrEazyE357
    @MrEazyE357 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    But wouldn't the "3 poles" demonstration be more of a slider?

  • @cyruslever586
    @cyruslever586 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey guys, remember to keep comments respectful and to follow the community guidelines

  • @adamania31
    @adamania31 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You re the only person that I’ll watch other than JOn bois

  • @twirlypenpsn4771
    @twirlypenpsn4771 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Goldsmith sounded like he whined a lot, at least according to that radio guy

  • @jacobweldon6026
    @jacobweldon6026 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What song is in the background??

  • @TheAlexwilhelm
    @TheAlexwilhelm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    army trying to poach the demographic!!!!!!!

  • @billyoung1585
    @billyoung1585 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The first slap shot please

  • @bencross3061
    @bencross3061 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The ending

  • @bowerbjo
    @bowerbjo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Learning about baseball has made me consider a career as a professional murderer.

  • @I_IS_A_SPOON
    @I_IS_A_SPOON 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mysteries at the museum did a really good telling of this too. Wasn't quite as deep but was fun to listen to.

  • @XxGavinRMxX
    @XxGavinRMxX 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    whoa us Camry ad out of nowhere

  • @Tigerpuffer
    @Tigerpuffer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It wasnt a curveball in 1872... it was a curved ball.

  • @rogerszmodis
    @rogerszmodis ปีที่แล้ว

    So, major league baseball started out as beer league softball?

  • @harryrs7293
    @harryrs7293 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pitchers love them,
    Elbows hate them.

  • @Funkyent
    @Funkyent ปีที่แล้ว

    Whatever happened to this series?

  • @treymagathan847
    @treymagathan847 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Presented by the US Army? What?

    • @Slackmana
      @Slackmana 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Under Trumps leadership I've had fewer concerns with the US military.
      But not nearly enough to endorse them in anyway...
      Maybe I'll resubscribe when they stop dealing weapons to a certain terrorist kingdom.

    • @treymagathan847
      @treymagathan847 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Slackman
      I don't much care about that, more so why the US Army wants to sponsor SB Nation in the first place.

  • @ryanhouk3560
    @ryanhouk3560 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not for nothing, but I figured out how to throw a ninja star in a curve.
    ... this is not a useful skill and it took forever, but I am still proud

    • @hurakagame9195
      @hurakagame9195 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ryan Houk ...use the same technique, but tilt it 33° up and it will Corkscrew in a forward path. 👍

  • @991theguy
    @991theguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excuse me, what was that end card? I feel exposed

  • @possumverde
    @possumverde 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    If the curve it around the pole demonstration was actually real, dude invented the slider not the curve

  • @farpointgamingdirect
    @farpointgamingdirect 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Unfortunately for Bill Stearn, he had a habit of telling tall tales on his radio program...

  • @stevenschroeder1947
    @stevenschroeder1947 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The 1st time someone was crossed In basketball

  • @kyugull
    @kyugull 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    eesh, taking army sponsorships is a bad look

  • @pansnemesis
    @pansnemesis 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Would have been cool to play with the gang in rdr2

  • @jinxgenleigh6795
    @jinxgenleigh6795 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is one of my relatives NO JOKE

  • @NateWild
    @NateWild 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait where did Jon go

  • @poisonpotato1
    @poisonpotato1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe baseball would be more interesting if there role was still just getting things started

  • @KenMac-ui2vb
    @KenMac-ui2vb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    54 Kershaw hof-type curve balls in Game 5. ZERO swing throughs. MLB has ZERO INTEGRITY. None.

  • @cralix2782
    @cralix2782 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why does he look like amish happy gilmore

  • @Lance-Stroll
    @Lance-Stroll 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    My uncle Charlie was the first

  • @alexau9657
    @alexau9657 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    SB nation heart this comment to show you actually read the comment section, like if you want to see SB nation like it LOL.

  • @ktat01
    @ktat01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons when they made a boy band and were singing songs subliminally tricking kids to enter the Air Force..

  • @JediGamingX
    @JediGamingX 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't remember the league but it was in the late 1890's or so, a Catholic church banded the pitch because it was unethical to deceive the batter.

  • @SamBrickell
    @SamBrickell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jon Bois sucks.
    Sorry, just evening things out a bit.

  • @JamisOrr32
    @JamisOrr32 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    OH your back? OK

  • @Ekorslk
    @Ekorslk 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m sorry the WHAT rules?!

  • @edwardiii8409
    @edwardiii8409 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Show him the curve!

  • @CoachJohnMcGuirk
    @CoachJohnMcGuirk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When is more Jon Bois?

  • @kylew.4896
    @kylew.4896 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    But I'm the teacher and I did smoke pot with the cool kids

  • @nicholasbyram296
    @nicholasbyram296 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is significant to note that none of the supposed "inventors" of the curve ball have any documentation of quibbling amongst themselves over who was "first." Only the beta spectator/commentators resorted to argument and dispute. If you have a good curve, you only care about another pitcher's curve when you are at bat (and you can see it in his wrist better than the fielders).

  • @gravityvertigo13579
    @gravityvertigo13579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Def not gonna continue watching Army shills lmao hope this is the only video they're sponsoring

  • @FeintMotion
    @FeintMotion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Imagine being run by people aware of the materialist implications of capitalist countries and their armed forces and taking on sponsorship from them to farm your own audience.

  • @Drestanto
    @Drestanto 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is no such thing as the inventor of curve ball. You can claim you're the first one to do it, but still, not an inventor
    Same thing as there is no such thing as the inventor of football (soccer)

  • @dsriggs
    @dsriggs 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    YMRA EHT NIOJ