Baseball’s Oldest Argument

[This is a long read, but a good one.]
In the second half of the 19th century, there were apparently many who argued that baseballs could not be made to curve. This curveball controversy lasted for decades, until camera technology advanced sufficiently to prove the reality of the curveball.

Though the matter is now settled, a look back at the debate around the existence of the curveball is an interesting way to consider more than a century of life in America.

Link: https://pioneerworks.org/broadcast/brad-bolman-curveball