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 ...
Blame Rob Neyer for sending me on this quest, and blame me for most of the confusion over the last few years regarding the gyroball. To answer the most popular questions: Yes, it exists; yes, Daisuke ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maybe it's the urban legend of his bizarre pitch -- the "gyroball" -- that defies both logic and physics. Or maybe it's that he's young, or Japanese, or a hard thrower, which makes the Yankees ...
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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