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Thread: NYTimes: The Japanese Gyroball Mystery

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    Re: NYTimes: The Japanese Gyroball Mystery

    Quote Originally Posted by Red Heeler View Post
    I seem to recall that Mike Marshall was teaching a throwing motion in which the wrist is pronated on follow through. Maybe he threw the gyroball before it became known as such.
    Could be. From what I gather, it's possible guys were throwing the split-fingered fastball well before Bruce Sutter made it famous. It's just that previous alleged throwers likely considered it merely their own variation on the forkball.
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    Re: NYTimes: The Japanese Gyroball Mystery

    Anybody notice the hop he has on some pitches...it's like he jumps through the arm motion...like when we were kids playing SS or 3B...I am gald he pitches in the AL...stuff was all over the place.
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    Re: NYTimes: The Japanese Gyroball Mystery

    Quote Originally Posted by MartyFan View Post
    Anybody notice the hop he has on some pitches...it's like he jumps through the arm motion...like when we were kids playing SS or 3B...I am gald he pitches in the AL...stuff was all over the place.
    And he balks every time he pitches from the wind up. You can't stop and rock back and forth in the middle of your wind up.

    And I am glad the Reds don't have to face him. In that one Youtube video it was showing his speed, he averages like 145, that's not even fair.
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