baseball pitching mounds

To new fans, a typical pitching mound often looks like something that doesn’t make sense. Why throw off an elevated platform? And why the funny round shape, with a bizarre rubber slab for the pitcher that the pitcher has to use for every single pitch? Thankfully, there are good reasons for all of it. To …

To new fans, a typical baseball mound often looks like something that was dreamed up by a madman. The idea of throwing off an elevated platform seems absurd, not to mention the funny round shape, with a rubber slab that the pitcher has to use for every single pitch.  For coaches and players, though, the …