When I signed up for the White Sox Speed Pitch challenge, I wasn’t exactly sure why I did it.
Have I ever played baseball? No.
Did I think I’d be any good at it? Also, no.
That’s when I reached out to the less-than-Web-MD credible reaches of Twitter, asking how someone who had to withdraw from Little League softball due to family financial constraints could throw somewhat competitively.
Someone tagged Lucas Giolito and Ethan Katz, somebody else told me to go to Driveline.
I did throw a ball hard enough once to knock a Wisconsin politician into a dunk tank at a neighborhood carnival in Madison, so I knew I at least had good control.