At the start of the baseball season, excitement and anxiety mingle for Chicago fans, particularly the Cubs and White Sox followers looking to shake off recent struggles. A highlight is rookie Shane Smith's journey, who credits his pitching improvement to a simple tweak learned from insights shared on Baseball Twitter. Commentators on the game emphasize the growing importance of social media as a resource for players, highlighting how platforms like Pitching Ninja influence player development and pitching techniques. The season starts with both optimism and the weight of past performance affecting fans' outlooks.
When Chicago Sports Network's Brooke Fletcher relayed Smith's anecdote to viewers during Tuesday's game, Sox play-by-play man John Schriffen said: "Pitching Ninja is a real thing, and it's become very popular. But if that's how you want to find some info, go for it. It won't be my source, but ... ."
Fortunately they're already in midseason form, finding things to worry about only a week (or two) into the regular season.
Everything seems magnified at the start of a baseball season, especially for Cubs and White Sox fans who hope to exorcise the nightmares of the last few years.
So where did he find the tweak? "Baseball Twitter," he said, referring to X accounts such as @PitchingNinja. "They have a lot of good stuff on there. ... It's something I did a little project on."
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