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"Gimmick/Mystery" Pitches
Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:29 pm
Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:29 pm
I've been interested in the different pitches that people throw that are considered rare or out of the ordinary like the knuckleball, palm ball, gyroball, eephus, and others. What is your favorite? Are there any that some of us may not know about?
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Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:33 pm to LST
Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:44 pm to LST
My friend who I played with in high school threw a pitch that he called a "tumbler." He said it was a combination of a screwball, a slider, and knuckle. I think he just gave it the name since he was left-handed and people don't see "knuckle-esque" pitches from lefties to often.
Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:46 pm to LST
Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:46 pm to ohiosportfan777
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screwball, a slider,
Huh? Those 2 move in 2 different directions.
Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:53 pm to etm512
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screwball, a slider,
Huh? Those 2 move in 2 different directions.
His must just go straight.
Posted on 3/26/09 at 10:58 pm to Cash
Kind of like my combination split-finger and rising fastball?
Posted on 3/26/09 at 11:25 pm to etm512
I've got a sick cut-change FWIW.
Posted on 3/27/09 at 12:45 pm to LST
Bump.
Is that Japanese behind the back pitch legal?
Is that Japanese behind the back pitch legal?
Posted on 3/27/09 at 1:07 pm to LST
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Is that Japanese behind the back pitch legal?
I don't know, but I'd hope if a major league pitcher threw that, somebody would throw a bat at his arse. Sneaky fricking Japs!
Posted on 3/27/09 at 1:37 pm to etm512
Yeah the pitch is nasty... 
I don't know exactly but either way it was different.
I don't know exactly but either way it was different.
Posted on 3/27/09 at 1:41 pm to ohiosportfan777
I wouldn't call a knuckle a gimmick pitch. But i did have a friend who threw a "knuckle curve"
Posted on 3/27/09 at 1:54 pm to barry
Was your friend Mike Mussina?
I love knuckleball pitchers, though. And I also love bizarre pitching motions... Tim Lincecum looks like he's going to die. K-Rod looks like he's throwing his arm out with every pitch. I love that stuff.
I love knuckleball pitchers, though. And I also love bizarre pitching motions... Tim Lincecum looks like he's going to die. K-Rod looks like he's throwing his arm out with every pitch. I love that stuff.
Posted on 3/27/09 at 1:54 pm to LST
Had a buddy that threw the "Vulcan Death Pitch". A forkball held between the middle and ring fingers. It sucked.
Posted on 3/27/09 at 2:57 pm to mametoo
Was your buddy the pitcher for Stanford in the 2000 CWS Championship game?
Posted on 3/27/09 at 7:34 pm to etm512
No. He played a fall season at LSU.
Posted on 3/27/09 at 8:14 pm to Tyler324
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If you haven't seen this, it's pretty cool looking.
What the holy frick was that? Wow---Just Sham-WOW!!!!
Posted on 3/28/09 at 12:05 am to etm512
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Was your buddy the pitcher for Stanford in the 2000 CWS Championship game?
What was the deal with that pitch he threw? I kind of remember it.
Posted on 3/28/09 at 12:15 am to LST
jason young is his name
i remember reading an article on it before the lsu-stanford game
im not exactly sure but i think it was supposed to be a just a devastating splitter
i remember reading an article on it before the lsu-stanford game
im not exactly sure but i think it was supposed to be a just a devastating splitter
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