Abstract: An instructional device for the teaching of gripping a baseball for a predetermined throwing action of a delivered pitch includes a sphere of two identical figure-eight shaped cover pieces with a continuous seam stitching along with a plurality of locations imprinted on the cover pieces adapted to receive the placement of a user's index finger, middle finger and thumb in grasping the ball to subsequently hurl it with the characteristics of a Four-seam Fastball, Two-seamed Fastball, Slider, Split-finger Fastball or other thrown pitches.