Wicked pitches

[luke duke 6,420]

 

[ATLLonghorn 898]

99 mph with movement. Get the fuck outta here.

 

[bschoolprof 6,280]

that 2 seamer tho.  that's some crazy shit.

[luke duke 6,420]

 

[miguelito 11,346]

Are there any knuckleballers left?

[Macanudo 13,100]

 

4 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Are there any knuckleballers left?

I bet Tim Wakefield is good for a couple innings.  Hell, Charlie Hough pitched until he was at least 46.

[Goo Punch 4,275]

 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

 

 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

Marquez has everyone chasing ghosts with his slider/curveball:

 

 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

 

[miguelito 11,346]

pitches, not pitchers.

edit: but yeah, all those guys had good stuff.

 

Edited April 11, 2019 by miguelito

[miguelito 11,346]

 

 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

50 minutes ago, miguelito said:

pitches, not pitchers.

edit: but yeah, all those guys had good stuff.

 

i know what the thread title says, and that's what i posted. just because they aren't one at a time doesn't mean they aren't all filthy pitches. hence my referencing Marquez's specific pitches he was using to get k's. his slider isn't a sweeping slider, it's breaks more 12-6 just like his curve, but they are different speeds and not exactly identical breaks. it's impossible to hit when he's on. six or 7 of those 8 k's were on breaking balls in the dirt.

also why the second pedro video is only his changeup, which imo is as good as any other pitcher's best pitch, ever. 

Edited April 11, 2019 by Goo Punch

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

 

[Llano Estacado 1,257]

Just coming to post that McHugh gif. Nasty sliders all night tonight.

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14 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

 

Lulz at K number 19.  I don't think the hitter would look more overmatched if he had his eyes closed.

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

In his prime, Adam Wainwright's 12-6 curveball was NASTY.  His height (6'7") combined with the massive break made it look to hitters like it was starting above their head and it would end up at their knees. Nasty.

 

He most famously froze Carlos Beltan (who was hitting everything in sight at this point) in his shoes in game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, sending the Cards to the World Series.

Edited April 11, 2019 by oSuJeff97

[miguelito 11,346]

The ol' eephus pitch.  You don't see this one very often.

 

 

[Macanudo 13,100]

I was sitting behind the visitors dugout once at the Dome when an Astro threw an eephus (and a real one that started out almost helmet high) and got the batter called out on a third strike with it.   I want to say it was Joe Sambito but it also might have been Joe Neikro.   Niekro makes more sense because he had a damn good knuckleball too. 

Dude walks to the dugout as his teammates are all over him for striking out and he's just yells "Asshole threw a fucking softball pitch at me."    The dugout loses it and the 'Stros who could hear it on the field are crying their laughing so hard.  

[pacman 7,440]

Awesome thread. Thanks.

[Goo Punch 4,275]

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[Pato del Muerto 52,902]

Edited April 12, 2019 by Pato del Muerto

[luke duke 6,420]

[Steamboat1874 4,175]

14 hours ago, miguelito said:

The ol' eephus pitch.  You don't see this one very often.

 

 

Those are fine but they are no Steve Labay.

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8 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

 

good looking swing.

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also, I like that the "Best Eephus Pitches" video shows ARod hitting one 500 feet.

[someguy 1,514]

My personal favorite.  Daniel Bard throwing 99.

[Guadaloopy 11,067]

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

I was watching that on MLBN and hoping someone would grab it and post it.

[miguelito 11,346]

that's amazing

[Goo Punch 4,275]

 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

 

[luke duke 6,420]

 

[miguelito 11,346]

Forget hitting those, I don't know how the catchers even catch those.

[pacman 7,440]

Looks like wiffleball, only with a real baseball.

[Seasick Sailor 3,747]

 

[Goo Punch 4,275]

 

[capnamerca 572]

On 4/30/2019 at 7:43 AM, miguelito said:

Forget hitting those, I don't know how the catchers even catch those.

The one from Jordan Hicks, I guarantee you it ROASTED that catchers thumb. I caught a couple of D1 prospects in high school, and day after games my left thumb was just a black and blue, half-numb mess, because of that late downward movement. The ball enters the glove low on the pocket, and there's nothing you can do about it. And they weren't doing it at a hundo, either.

[Beau Vine 54,942]

No doubt in my mind that I would hit .000 in the majors even if I were 28 again.

 

[Pato del Muerto 52,902]

Looks like a screwgie

[Beau Vine 54,942]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I think Luis Castillo has the best changeup I've seen since Pedro in his prime.  Like Pedro, flat-out no one seems to be able to read it out of his hand.

Blows my mind that he has been traded three times.  The Marlins put him in a package for Cashner, only to have that trade recinded because of an injury.  Then: On January 19, 2017, the Marlins traded Castillo, Austin Brice, and Isaiah White to the Cincinnati Reds for Dan Straily.

WTF did the Marlins want with Dan Straily?

Edited July 16, 2019 by Beau Vine

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[Beau Vine 54,942]

 

[miguelito 11,346]

I like that little hop he does at the end, to get in a defensive stance, like Greg Maddux used to do. 

[Beau Vine 54,942]

Still doing it.