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Baseball became an organized sport before the beginning of the Civil War. Both pitching and hitting have gone through periods of both dominance and weakness. Pitching has been influenced by the design changes of the baseball, mostly with the core of the ball, and also with its weight. The pitcher’s location to the batter’s box was increased in the mid-1800s from 45 feet to 60 feet. In 1893, th... |
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