MOST people remember the 1994 baseball season ... decisive ingredient seems to be the hundreds of idle hours spent throwing balls, sticks, rocks, and so on in the playground or the back yard.

Narrator: Larsen says that the first key to throwing a spiral is the grip. No matter a quarterback's hand size, there are really only two fingers that are crucial to how they hold the ball.

Betts replied. “I get them trying to get the ball. Cool. But, like, you tried to grab my s—. “I was in the moment. So I thought about throwing a ball at ‘em. And then I realized ...