SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The man who discovered the gyroball wanted to clear up something. The pitch, contrary to its legend that might as well have been cooked up with water from Loch Ness, does not dart ...
SEATTLE — In 2006, back in the days when the Red Sox were trying to win, they outbid other determined teams to sign Japanese ace Daisuke Matsuzaka. Matsuzaka was said to throw a mysterious pitch ...
FT. MYERS, Fla. – Matsuzaka Mania officially gripped Red Sox Nation yesterday. The truth is, with the arrival of Daisuke Matsuzaka to City of Palms Park, it’s much more than a nation now, it’s Red Sox ...
Could the land of Bigfoot be getting its baseball equivalent? You've probably never heard of the gyroball. Don't feel bad -- Mariners manager Mike Hargrove and pitching coach Rafael Chaves haven't ...
TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Imagine a baseball coming at you at some extraordinary speed that you think is going one way but just before it connects with the bat it heads in the opposite direction. It is ...
Download the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for The Explainer’s free daily podcast on iTunes. The pitch he invented gets its name from its spin, which is like that of a football ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The man who discovered the gyroball wanted to clear up something. The pitch, contrary to its legend that might as well have been cooked up with water from Loch Ness, does not dart ...
Baseball is a century and a half old. During that time, there have been thousands of minute variations in the contest between pitchers and hitters, but after so much time and so much practice, there ...
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