Why Don’t Pitchers Pitch Anymore?
From All About Baseball with Byron Copley by Byron Copley
May 29, 2026 · 13 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the decline of traditional pitching in baseball and the impact of modern training philosophies.
In this episode, I ruminate over the lost art of pitching that was prevalent in MLB as recently as 2010 or so. Now, since the “Velocity Virus” has infected the minds of baseball executives, scouts, coaches, and players at all levels, multiplied by the “schools” and “academies” that promote this fallacy, it seems that the nuance and complexity of baseball has given way to a more primal version — where the players are grist for a mill that feeds the thrill-seeking fan rather than the informed one. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com Link to Real Voices of the Game Podcast, featuring Jim Rooney Music: “Field Grass,” by Sergei Pavkin
People in this episode
Host: Byron Copley
Topics covered
- pitching
- MLB history
- baseball strategy
- velocity
- sports culture
Keywords
- pitching
- MLB
- velocity virus
- baseball executives
- sports culture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: MLB, Real Voices of the Game Podcast
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