Others have claimed that hitting a ball with the just the right part of a bat to make it fly 150 yards is the most insane skill in sports. But I would just like to consider for one moment the insanity that is pitching. Michael Jordan soaring through the air is amazing... but the distances and heights he achieves are nothing compared to track and field contests. Pitching, on the other hand, is simply the most extreme superlative of throwing; there is no sport of throwing something further or harder than in baseball. And yet, throwing is the activity that...