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The original pitching distance was what, 55 feet or so... a lot of tinkering went on ...
What befuddles me is, between these two points
(A) The first game in which 60'6" and 90 etc were played (1870?)
(B) Felix and Ichiro, 2010
The players have changed incredibly, and yet neither the big, small, fast, slow, fastball, curveball, etc players have emerged dominant...
God certainly didn't invent the rules of baseball :- ) but it's quite a boggle how well it has stayed in balance through the evolution of society. It was ballet then and is ballet now...