I don't know if you can call them "advances". If anything they make players worse. Using 1 hand to catch the ball means less reach and poor stances. Best example of that is Catchers. Most catchers either standed up or stooped. The main reason is the mitts. Those old mitts allow better performance. What I mean by that is, because the catcher standed up he could move around easier. Allowing him to do things like throw harder. Anyways, I don't want to start an argument so i'll leave it at that.
@Montreal. not arguing but for the purpose of debate I'd have to heavily disagree. Put both your hands in the air now lower your thawing hand and I promise you that you have more reach, especially when reaching all the way left there's no way you have more reach by reaching both hands you actually lose reach, furthermore, stances have actually advanced over the years for instance look at how a player catches a line drive and uses a the glove to flick the ball in hand and quickly making a throw all within a quick sudden movement and in a beautiful stance in a catch and throw, gloves have come so far to where you can have multiple types of nets thay have their own advantages and disadvantages. All the way down to transfer speed from glove to hand when taking grounders and all kinds of stuff. The catcher stance has come a long way and so have the athletes that play the position, they're able to frame a pitch nicely and they have multiple stances for multiple different scenarios, runner on 2nd etc... they can quickly hop up and make a throw in the blink of an eye and they throw people out like crazy. This is coming from a casual so idk what game ur watching
Baseball was made in one of the world wars and was made an official sport in around 1876 the American soldiers made it up in old sandlots and played it when board I did a presentation on
