>>9821782>>9821789I also think a large part of it is that people severely underestimate how far it is from the mound to the plate. If you're just playing catch with your boys, you're probably throwing around 30 feet and really just tossing the ball to each other.
Once you go to 60 and realize you've never had to accurately throw a hard ball in your life, things like this tend to happen, especially if you don't want to throw it like a chick.