[Vigilanteman]

I was a pitcher too! Not because I was good, but because I owned the baseball. I'd go to the hardware store every November and buy as many deeply discounted baseballs as my savings would cover, usually only three.

With a great deal of practice, I progressed from being awful to merely mediocre.

I did learn control, but never really learned how to throw hard. Nowadays, they teach kids how to throw hard first and learn control later.

[tomkat]

.. because I owned the baseball ..

LOL .. great anecdote !

I had a blazing fastball and a wicked slider, but my control had its nomadic moments   ;-)