Top 5 rarest pitches in MLB history

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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  • @jackson5116
    @jackson5116 Год назад +2983

    I miss the screwball. That had such insane movement.

    • @donnyboyo32
      @donnyboyo32 Год назад +143

      Devin Williams throws one he just calls it something else because the screwball has a bad reputation with injuries so he calls it an airbender

    • @jackweber3660
      @jackweber3660 Год назад +20

      more like insanely broken wrists

    • @donnyboyo32
      @donnyboyo32 Год назад +6

      @@jackweber3660 he's just able to pronate his wrist naturally like that.

    • @aljon5947
      @aljon5947 Год назад +18

      @@donnyboyo32 he calls it circle change because he use circle change grip. …But we all know its a screwball hes throwing

    • @santsthetoaster
      @santsthetoaster Год назад +8

      Screwballs are just bad for your arm because of the direction you have to spin it

  • @tpearce713
    @tpearce713 Год назад +1660

    Did you really pronounce gyroball like a flippin' Greek sandwich?

    • @kewltony
      @kewltony Год назад +130

      The first time it needs to be pronounced like it's spelled

    • @richard_nj
      @richard_nj Год назад +262

      He's correct tho. The pitch is called that because it falls off the table just like my Gyro does at 3:30 in the morning when I've had too much to drink.

    • @TEEDUBS
      @TEEDUBS Год назад +16

      @@richard_njBest opinion 🤣🤣🤣

    • @rhphoenix5
      @rhphoenix5 Год назад +7

      ​@@richard_nj this comment wins

    • @markdenton3141
      @markdenton3141 Год назад +16

      Yeah he did. The kid isn’t that bright

  • @lucas-bl4ln
    @lucas-bl4ln Год назад +2164

    knuckleball left the chat
    thanks for 1k likes

    • @xmanclan
      @xmanclan Год назад +12

      @@JustinJetsProdz yes and no to get good movement and accuracy it can be very hard

    • @mikeschmidt4800
      @mikeschmidt4800 Год назад +53

      ​@@JustinJetsProdzis that why no one throws it and when someone does do it well they're damn near unhittable?

    • @justinmclean5778
      @justinmclean5778 Год назад +54

      Of course it left the chat. Nobody knows where it will end up

    • @santsthetoaster
      @santsthetoaster Год назад +16

      ​@@JustinJetsProdz the knuckle ball is literally the hardest pitch to throw since you're doing the complete opposite of any other pitch. Don't know what you're on

    • @nicefam7564
      @nicefam7564 Год назад

      @@JustinJetsProdz what team do you pitch for?

  • @edkiely2712
    @edkiely2712 Год назад +75

    That last screwball pitch of this video was absolutely sick!😮

  • @jamesdunnjr.2518
    @jamesdunnjr.2518 Год назад +53

    Devin Williams uses the screwball a lot. Good with it too

    • @coreychitwood4968
      @coreychitwood4968 Год назад +3

      It’s a change up

    • @dergin38467
      @dergin38467 Год назад +8

      @@coreychitwood4968 you’re both right. He grips it like a change up but he pronates his wrist while throwing it, which would make it a screwball. It’s a unique hybrid pitch.

    • @bruce4746
      @bruce4746 Год назад +2

      @@dergin38467 everyone pronates their change up bro that’s how you’re supposed to throw it

  • @stnbl1569
    @stnbl1569 Год назад +5

    Slurve: many pitchers have this but they call it whatever that want. Sweeping curve, looping slider, even most normal curves are closer to slurves
    Screwball: there’s a stigma around this pitch due to injuries that are probably unrelated but many high spin rate change ups such as Devin Williams are thrown as screwballs but aren’t called it because of the stigma

    • @jamesage24
      @jamesage24 Год назад

      Can you explain the gyro ball? Looks like a standard sinker/split-finger to me.

  • @Chuckles90210
    @Chuckles90210 Год назад +114

    Alternate title: Top 5 best Baseball 9 pitches

    • @WatermeloGT
      @WatermeloGT 10 месяцев назад +3

      The circle and Vulcan change up also aren’t there😭😭😭😭😭

    • @RedBaron44
      @RedBaron44 10 месяцев назад +1

      So true 😂

    • @strider_on_blitz
      @strider_on_blitz 3 месяца назад +1

      Yeah, Circle Change is my favorite, the break is a chefs kiss, and i guess eephus is next best.

    • @ronnyragequit7366
      @ronnyragequit7366 17 дней назад

      Shuuto pitch 😂

  • @MrEazyE357
    @MrEazyE357 Год назад +207

    I love how you pronounced "gyro" like the Greek sandwich 😂

    • @TheSeanster
      @TheSeanster Год назад

      making me hungry rn 😂

    • @H4PPY_B0mBz
      @H4PPY_B0mBz Год назад

      Really not gonna five credit to bill lee for the eephus?

    • @nb2008nc
      @nb2008nc 10 месяцев назад

      I don't

  • @lovephillies1
    @lovephillies1 Год назад +25

    Tug McGraw had a killer screwball back in the 70s & 80s. When on it was unhittable.

  • @realchad8355
    @realchad8355 Год назад +375

    As a person who throws a palmball, it is indeed a pitch of all time

    • @greglindgren8197
      @greglindgren8197 Год назад +2

      Palm was easy doubles

    • @herculesmwp7983
      @herculesmwp7983 Год назад +1

      @@greglindgren8197 nah…just bad pitchers

    • @LeviGleichenhaus
      @LeviGleichenhaus 11 месяцев назад +3

      I’m a terrible pitcher and I’m better in the outfield but I just converted from changeup to palmball and there was this kid who I faced 4 times before and he had 3 homers off me and the other was a double but I struck him out on 3 straight palm balls

    • @mikeskirk
      @mikeskirk 10 месяцев назад

      @@greglindgren8197you’ll last a lot longer in the mlb giving up doubles with palm balls than striking out batters with slurves and gyros
      “These pitches are not meant to be thrown by humans and destroy arms, why don’t pitchers throw them anymore?”

  • @jimmyhall4453
    @jimmyhall4453 Год назад +8

    Phil & Joe Niekro threw the knuckleball well into their 40’s. Phil retired at 48 and is in Cooperstown!!!!

  • @rugbird
    @rugbird Год назад +284

    Man thought he was being culturally sensitive by pronouncing the Gyro ball like that xD

    • @justinburgan4184
      @justinburgan4184 Год назад +7

      Right? Letting the internet make him sound a dummy.

    • @rugbird
      @rugbird Год назад

      @gavril0_princip117 I mean, it's not the hardest word to pronounce 😆

  • @nomojoe8150
    @nomojoe8150 Год назад +9

    That last screw was filthy dirty😮

  • @nickratliff9448
    @nickratliff9448 Год назад +1

    I remember watching Dontrelle Willis for the Florida Marlins. He was the first pitcher I had ever seen throw a slurve. He was also left handed. That's one NASTY pitch!

  • @eddie341
    @eddie341 Год назад +15

    You can basically have an entire baseball career just based off of the knuckle ball

  • @GDaddyTx
    @GDaddyTx Год назад +9

    Fernando made living on that pitch. Had a chance to see him pitch in Mexico, the crowd went crazy with each K. It was an awesome game.

  • @possumverde
    @possumverde Год назад +27

    The "gyroball" has been used by many MLB pitchers all the way back to the 40's/50's. Heck, I used it in High School as a sinker. It's just a pitch with bullet spin on it. It used to be called a backed up slider (since one way to get that spin is to really screw up the release on a slider.) It looks like a straight change with a little extra velocity which seems to fall off the table just before reaching the plate.

  • @straightjab
    @straightjab Год назад +12

    Zack Greinke used the eephus pitch last year. Video games even have that as one of his pitches

    • @Aapfgang
      @Aapfgang Месяц назад

      From a broadcast view it almost goes unnoticed. It has a very similar break to a 12-6 curve just EXTREMELY slower

  • @plantfeeder6677
    @plantfeeder6677 Год назад +3

    Phil and Joe Niekro were the greatest knuckleball throwers in my lifetime. I remember the catchers would actually switch gloves to one that was larger in diameter to have a chance at catching that pitch when either brother took the mound. Phil used that pitch for 310+ wins and a spot in Cooperstown while Joe added another 220+ making the two brothers the winniest brothers in baseball history. That makes the Knuckleball the greatest rare pitch in baseball imo.

  • @bryantaylor4139
    @bryantaylor4139 Год назад +62

    The knuckle ball is the best pitch ever that nobody throws anymore.

    • @hokiejoe17
      @hokiejoe17 Год назад +2

      NCST pitcher Andrew Shaffer throws a nasty slurve and knuckleball

    • @Denozo88
      @Denozo88 Год назад +1

      Only 2 have ever won a cy young with it

    • @HittoTheAssassin
      @HittoTheAssassin Год назад +7

      Yeah catchers hated that throw. They don't know where it's going😅 shot even the Pitcher is unsure

    • @TheFdllznd
      @TheFdllznd Год назад +8

      Bob Uecker: "The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up." 😂

    • @plantfeeder6677
      @plantfeeder6677 Год назад +1

      Phil and Joe Niekro were the greatest knuckleball throwers in my lifetime. I remember the catchers would actually switch gloves to one that was larger in diameter to have a chance at catching that pitch when either brother took the mound. Phil used that pitch for 310+ wins and a spot in Cooperstown while Joe added another 220+ making the two brothers the winniest brothers in baseball history. That makes the Knuckleball the greatest rare pitch in baseball imo.

  • @firefalcoln
    @firefalcoln Год назад +55

    I feel like a lot of pitchers throw slurves. They’re just typically called sliders or curves depending on what the pitcher decides they’re most like to them. I think the forkball is less common than slurves as well as the knuckleball.

    • @hossprey
      @hossprey Год назад +4

      Exactly, they just don't call it a slurve. I see a lot of emphasis on hard, sharp sliders

    • @drew9172
      @drew9172 Год назад +1

      To me the movement just depends on the arm slot. If I’m just throwing normally it’s more of a 12-6 but if I throw it like 3/4 it moves more like a slurve

    • @SkewtLilbttm
      @SkewtLilbttm 10 месяцев назад

      They're called "sweepers" now

    • @MarkSilva-py2eb
      @MarkSilva-py2eb 2 месяца назад

      Slurve was just a lazy CB with no bite

  • @daveschannel747
    @daveschannel747 Год назад +92

    G...G....Gyro... Not Euro...! Give Matsusaka some respect!!😊😅

    • @livefrom201
      @livefrom201 Год назад +12

      He’s pronouncing it like the sandwich 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @nacoran
      @nacoran Год назад +2

      @@livefrom201 Which would be fine, except I think it's named for the gyroscope.
      /Complete aside... I think the word 'hero', when it's used for a sub sandwich, probably comes from gyros.

  • @rafaelramirez1507
    @rafaelramirez1507 Год назад +7

    To me these were the screwball pitching masters ... in the 1960s thru the '70s Mike Cuellar, Mike Marshall and Jim Brewer ,and in the 1980s Tug McGraw , Fernando Valenzuela & Mike Norris were the kings of the SB 👍

    • @PaddyBL
      @PaddyBL 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, and honorable mention to Greg Maddux's 2 seamer which was basically a screwball.

    • @rafaelramirez1507
      @rafaelramirez1507 7 месяцев назад

      @@PaddyBL I agree 👍

    • @MarkSilva-py2eb
      @MarkSilva-py2eb 2 месяца назад

      @@PaddyBLwrong

  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman Год назад +1

    The slerve is what I threw all through highschool to save my arm for college - I had 0 issue using it - except there were some good batters that could spot it quick, in those instances, I'd bring out the junk.
    Damn I miss baseball...

  • @connorz8724
    @connorz8724 Год назад +10

    Forkball? That was insane

  • @mr.d8214
    @mr.d8214 Год назад +1

    In high school a left handed friend threw the nastiest screwball. Umpires would not call it a strike because of the end was about 6 inches away but it crossed the plate in strike zone.

  • @ManCub25
    @ManCub25 Год назад +76

    Tom Henke's Forkball has entered the chat...

  • @MikeHawk04
    @MikeHawk04 Год назад +1

    Daniel Ray Herrera was a lefty around like 5’7” who threw a screwball about 10 years ago in the MLB. Then he got arrested for something.

  • @Paladin70
    @Paladin70 Год назад +3

    I remember Kent Tekulve’s submarine pitch and the crazy movement that it had.

  • @lancewebb1532
    @lancewebb1532 Год назад

    The Yankees’ Steve Hamilton and the “Folly Floater”!😂😂😂

  • @corypeacock7700
    @corypeacock7700 Год назад +14

    Pitchers don’t use the Screwball anymore because it does massive damage to your arm over a very short period of time.

    • @StairSliderReal
      @StairSliderReal Год назад +1

      Actually pitchers that have used it throw like 200 innings

    • @Denozo88
      @Denozo88 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@StairSliderRealyeah its all in the mechanics. Pitchers just aren't conditioning to go past 6 for every start.

    • @cubsfanman-nx6pg
      @cubsfanman-nx6pg 10 месяцев назад

      Screwball doesn't mess up your arm lol its very similar to a change up

  • @agwbcfjc2
    @agwbcfjc2 Год назад

    Awesome. Thank you for making this video and highlighting these amazing pitches.

  • @thehistoryexpert82
    @thehistoryexpert82 Год назад +3

    I'd love to see the screwball make a comeback, it could really help pitchers because of the backwards break

  • @JosephMalachiOsborn
    @JosephMalachiOsborn Месяц назад

    A lot of these pitches are still around they are just modified. Ex. Screwball: pronated changeups, (Trevor Richards) Slurve: sweepers and non bullet spin sliders (Jose Berrios) and Gyro Balls: Bullet spin traditional sliders (Kevin Ginkel)

  • @Eric_E_123
    @Eric_E_123 Год назад +42

    I’d consider Devin Williams “Change up” a screwball.

    • @possumverde
      @possumverde Год назад +3

      Any variation of a circle change could be considered such. That pitch was invented to replace the screwball as it has a decent amount of movement toward the the pitchers pitching arm side.

    • @donnyboyo32
      @donnyboyo32 Год назад +7

      He actually has a screwball and a changeup two separate pitches

    • @eliotjurgensen1421
      @eliotjurgensen1421 Год назад +13

      ​@@donnyboyo32That's just in MLB the Show. In real life, it's only one pitch.

    • @ChefPoppe
      @ChefPoppe Год назад

      Yup

    • @stl-pg8mu
      @stl-pg8mu Год назад +1

      I was about to say this

  • @maxvyskocil7349
    @maxvyskocil7349 Год назад +1

    The screwball is what gives Devin Williams the nickname "The Airbender." It's definitely fun watching him go to work when he's got a good feel for it

  • @m.o.5291
    @m.o.5291 Год назад +6

    Actually what Daisuke did is what we now call a gyro spin slider. Its used by a ton of pitchers. With the slurve I think statcast etc. classify it as either a curve or slider quite often in cases where we would just call it a slurve 20 years ago

  • @jablair51
    @jablair51 Год назад +1

    They stopped using the screwball because it tears up your elbow. John Franco used to throw it for the Mets.

  • @Dapper_Dean
    @Dapper_Dean Год назад +3

    To those of us that didn't know these pitches.
    Would just think they were just your typical pitches. But as a Dodgers fan. I knew about the screwball.

  • @rileyjackfansmithandjones8238
    @rileyjackfansmithandjones8238 Год назад +2

    Dave Giusti , reliever for the Pirates, pre Tekulve, had a KILLER Palm Ball.
    Don't remember anyone using it as regular part of his repitoire.

  • @ghulsey45
    @ghulsey45 Год назад +3

    That palm ball must be really nasty to have Chipper Jones so crossed up in that 2nd clip

  • @drewskull5181
    @drewskull5181 Год назад +1

    I have never seen anyone get the speed and movement that Mariano Rivera's did. It actually defied the laws of physics IMO.

  • @benjaminwalsh753
    @benjaminwalsh753 Год назад +8

    The Vulcan change pitch has left the chat

  • @man0utoftime
    @man0utoftime Месяц назад

    Would be nice to have an explanation about what defines these pitches or how they're thrown (grip, spin, speed, release, etc.)

  • @mitchkeller5055
    @mitchkeller5055 Год назад +4

    I dunno what a yuro ball is but a gyro ( Jai-row) ball is super effective.

    • @JP-xc3ix
      @JP-xc3ix Год назад

      Yeah we aren’t talking Greek food here lol

  • @lasalstacks362
    @lasalstacks362 Год назад +2

    Used a palm ball my entire career through college

  • @chanman219
    @chanman219 Год назад +5

    Devin Williams has entered the chat

  • @alexburke1899
    @alexburke1899 Год назад

    Palm ball is a change up they just changed the grip over the years so pitchers can actually control it. The circle change is basically a palm ball grip with the index finger and thumb creating better grip/control. You’d basically use the same motion and arm speed as a fastball and the backspin would create the sinking action. Someone correct me if I’m wrong:)
    Screwballs were popular when I was a kid too, but they required you to throw it with a reversed spin and obviously this was bad for your wrist long term, but it was a nasty pitch if someone could throw it right. I’d like to a mlb pitcher use a random screwball occasionally because the hitters probably never seen a slider go the other way.

  • @jsum33
    @jsum33 Год назад +13

    RIP Roy.

  • @erock5010
    @erock5010 Год назад +2

    I used to throw this pitch in high school, my teammates would call it the Skittles pitch cuz the batters would Taste the rainbow lol

  • @danielli6400
    @danielli6400 Год назад +22

    The reason some of these breaking pitches aren't used so much anymore is because they absolutely wreck your arm

  • @fartexplosion4480
    @fartexplosion4480 10 месяцев назад

    5. Control/finesse and high velocity pitchers should use the eephus once a game, it's a great once-in-a-blue-moon pitch
    4. Palm Balls are easy for hitters to pick up on because of the way it's gripped, and they're also hard to control, but some pitchers can make it effective as a backup changeup to a regular changeup
    3. Slurves are basically just like sliders and curveballs but worse in every way. They don't have the break like curveballs do or the sudden change in movement like sliders do
    2. The gyroball doesn't exist. Matsuzaka's gyro ball was just a slider
    1. Screwballs are like sliders but worse because they're easy for hitters to detect

  • @aki5876
    @aki5876 Год назад +4

    The thing about screw is that it is often considered more of a change up rather than screw ball itself, so I do think some pitchers still throw that ball(a lot of Japanese side throwers throw this ball) . Same with slurve, I feel like people just call it slider (a variant).

  • @overlord2.010
    @overlord2.010 11 месяцев назад

    There are probably a lot of reason why the slurve isn't thrown as commonly compared to how common it was in the past. Prone to injury or the expected break the pitch is know to do. Like a slider, the ball breaks in a similar way to a curveball, however the downside is how much break the pitch has. Also, it is really difficult to throw unless you have the right mechanics and grip for it

  • @teemoney677
    @teemoney677 Год назад +10

    No knuckle ball?

  • @tommychew6544
    @tommychew6544 Год назад

    Those were great pitches! I wish more knuckleball pitchers were out there and could make it thru to be seen.

  • @mrrj44
    @mrrj44 Год назад +5

    What was the last scene of the screwball? It looks insane coming off his arm Jesus

  • @johnnyboy9619
    @johnnyboy9619 Год назад +1

    Tug McGraw made the screwball famous in the 70's before Valenzuela.

  • @SamuelPearlman
    @SamuelPearlman Год назад +12

    Ah, Fernando "Eyes to the Heavens" Valenzuela!

    • @syrupofwahoo3059
      @syrupofwahoo3059 Год назад +1

      Thank you bro
      Was thinking the same…sooo good, sooo young
      Fun times

    • @badcornflakes6374
      @badcornflakes6374 Год назад

      Man was making us 5'11 dudes look good

  • @zman32006
    @zman32006 Год назад

    They quit using certain pitches because of the substance ban. Pine tar was widely used to gain grip on certain pitches. Some pitches are uncontrollable without grip and are dangerous

  • @assass7012
    @assass7012 Год назад +7

    I hope some 10 year old kid sees this video and masters all of these pitches and in 10 years we get to see him make his MLB debut.
    I mean he'll probably be out a career with Tommy John after like 2 years, but that'll be a really fun 2 years.

  • @stever4360
    @stever4360 Год назад +1

    Bob Stanley = palm ball… basically a sinker change. Then he pitched it to mookie Wilson in ‘86 and I cried for a week

  • @lawrencemahoney1039
    @lawrencemahoney1039 Год назад +82

    What about the knucleball?

    • @robertaceves5248
      @robertaceves5248 Год назад +4

      Charlie Hough !!

    • @donarthiazi2443
      @donarthiazi2443 Год назад +15

      True the knuckleball is not too popular, but the video was clear that he was naming *the rarest* so the knuckler shouldn't be on the list.

    • @isaacwimett2846
      @isaacwimett2846 Год назад +12

      @@donarthiazi2443 you definitely see more slurve pitchers than knuckleballers

    • @donarthiazi2443
      @donarthiazi2443 Год назад +3

      @@isaacwimett2846
      I completely agree 👍

    • @jackweber3660
      @jackweber3660 Год назад +2

      the knuckleball is overrated honestly, i guess it’s good for weak grounders

  • @ThatOneRandomGuy127
    @ThatOneRandomGuy127 Год назад +2

    Forkball and Vulcan change are barely talked about nowadays.

  • @DirkPiddlemark
    @DirkPiddlemark Год назад +6

    Unless you just "got it" a screwball is an elbow destroyer

    • @unkledoda420
      @unkledoda420 Год назад

      It's been proven that's a myth. No more harmful than normal curveball.

    • @DirkPiddlemark
      @DirkPiddlemark Год назад

      @@unkledoda420 I can throw both pitches along with a decent slider

    • @MarkSilva-py2eb
      @MarkSilva-py2eb 2 месяца назад

      @@unkledoda420wrong

  • @repentandknowjesus8674
    @repentandknowjesus8674 Год назад

    My friend and I created a pitch in 1988 called The Dish. No one throws it as it's hard to learn. What makes it different is that when thrown your palm is facing up instead of down.

    • @MarkSilva-py2eb
      @MarkSilva-py2eb 2 месяца назад

      Must have been around the plate with that a lot

  • @darksideempath2013
    @darksideempath2013 Год назад +7

    Screwball destroys your elbow. That’s why it’s very rare now.

  • @playmkr278
    @playmkr278 9 месяцев назад

    Slurve. A slider for pitchers who don’t throw hard. Screwballs are said to be really hard on the elbow, wrist, etc…

  • @sweetrocks610
    @sweetrocks610 Год назад +3

    Vulcan changeup?

  • @jimie5320
    @jimie5320 10 месяцев назад

    Dodger reliever Mike Marshall threw a really lethal screwgy back in the mid-70's also.

  • @danbartolini27
    @danbartolini27 Год назад +3

    The palm ball is believed to have caused a slew of pitchers to need Tommy John surgery

    • @CorgeekWx
      @CorgeekWx Год назад +4

      Cap. It anything it's the same pain as a fastball. It's a changeup with the same arm action as a fastball. It would hurt the pinky, ring, and thumb fingers if it was harmful.

    • @unkledoda420
      @unkledoda420 Год назад

      I've never heard that about the palmball before (heard it about the screwball, but that bullshit too).

    • @danbartolini27
      @danbartolini27 Год назад

      There wa the fork ball too

    • @MarkSilva-py2eb
      @MarkSilva-py2eb 2 месяца назад

      Oh wrong

    • @danbartolini27
      @danbartolini27 2 месяца назад

      Yes fork ball too. You never hear about them anymore. Now Pivetta is throwing something called a swoop(?)

  • @mrsmukk
    @mrsmukk Год назад

    Senior' Smokes screwball was absolutely filthy

  • @shoota_3x287
    @shoota_3x287 Год назад +1

    Reason people don’t throw slurves as much is because it’s a much harder pitch to master than a normal curveball

  • @markuhler2664
    @markuhler2664 Год назад

    Valenzuela was awesome. I loved watching him growing up.

  • @KC-bg1th
    @KC-bg1th Год назад

    Slurve is thrown by a ton of pitchers today. They just call it a curveball, and it usually gets picked up as a curveball by the analytics.

  • @ChrisTammaro-ks8fn
    @ChrisTammaro-ks8fn 10 месяцев назад +1

    Tim waks knuckle was insane

  • @ahseaton8353
    @ahseaton8353 Год назад +1

    The gyro (pronounced with a hard g like gyroscope) is basically the Japanese version of the screwball. They both have high spin like a top, which causes the movement.

  • @elliottmanning7699
    @elliottmanning7699 Год назад

    The knuckle curve ball by Burt Hooten, the palm ball, the fork ball by Lindy McDaniel, the back up curve ball etc etc etc

  • @joefodell7084
    @joefodell7084 Год назад

    2 of those pitches destroy your arm (gyro and screwball) and the slurve doesn’t get used because it’s a soft breaking slider, thus, easier to hit than a slider or a big curve

  • @jimbaird8271
    @jimbaird8271 Год назад +2

    Screwball was the reason i blew my arm out in high school.

  • @XC0688
    @XC0688 Год назад

    Bill Lee is still throwin the eephus with the Savannah Bananas

  • @mastod0n1
    @mastod0n1 Год назад

    I developed what you might call a screwball when I was in high school. It was essentially a 2 seam fastball but I'd pronate hard at the last second while keeping my fingers behind the ball for as long as possible. I'd get crazy arm side run. More than once I hit batters on their back thigh and they swung because it started over the inside part of the plate.

  • @tompeake8583
    @tompeake8583 Год назад +2

    There's probably half a dozen modern changeups that move more than any screwball ever did

  • @topsecret1553
    @topsecret1553 Год назад

    Ngl when I would play old MLB games the eephus was always in my lineup, it was always a favorite

  • @quimster.
    @quimster. Год назад

    Kopps was a pitcher for the razorbacks. He had a nasty Gyro ball. You have to check out the highlights.

  • @oljimeagle
    @oljimeagle Год назад

    A few points.. Forkball.... Devin Williams. Knuckleball. Gyro is a really slow slider. (Called it a gravity ball growing up).

  • @gringostarr7858
    @gringostarr7858 Год назад

    When i make a pitcher in mlb the show, my 5 pitches 4 seam fastball, cutter, screwball, slurve, and palmball.

  • @breguera77
    @breguera77 Год назад

    Slurve is very common. And it’s not like pitchers can just start doing it. It has to do more with arm slot than it does anything else. It’s just the in between of a slider and a curveball

  • @samlivingston5920
    @samlivingston5920 Год назад

    Darvish throws two on this list, the slurve and the eephus. He had an arsenal of 9 pitches when came to the MLB, but they made him drop many.

  • @eddygert7674
    @eddygert7674 Год назад

    I love throwing the screwball mixed w sweeping curve to my friends, expect it to break to the right then it either just drops or goes to the keft

  • @wv4776
    @wv4776 10 месяцев назад

    People need to understand that in general the only difference between a slider and a curve is how much force you expend pushing the ball (for velo) or spinning the ball (for movement). A slurve shouldn’t even be considered a pitch unless a guy throws both a curve and a slider. There’s nothing special about it, it’s just something in between a curve and a slider

  • @renlessard
    @renlessard 10 месяцев назад

    Screwball was hell on the arm. I remember Bryn Smith of the Expos threw a good palm ball

  • @warlordop713
    @warlordop713 Год назад +1

    Yankees relievers with the Slurve.

  • @PxPGuy1990
    @PxPGuy1990 Год назад +1

    Slurves can destroy a shoulder. I think that's why a majority don't throw it.

  • @knowledgeuntamed9177
    @knowledgeuntamed9177 Год назад +1

    Uuhh Kerry Wood set the Mlb strikeout record with the Slurve. And I could throw all those pitches in HS, in college the wouldn't let me. Well, Splitfinger I kept.

  • @RojoCube
    @RojoCube Год назад +1

    The slurve is now the sweeper.

  • @Aapfgang
    @Aapfgang Месяц назад

    Some Honorable mentions:
    •Knuckleball
    •Knuckle-Curve
    •”Rising” Fastball

  • @IAMGavinMitchell
    @IAMGavinMitchell Год назад

    Gaylord Perry is like, "Where is my spitball?"

  • @dtc8714
    @dtc8714 Год назад

    Dave Stewart and with his forkball was insane.

  • @TJJulkowski
    @TJJulkowski Год назад

    There is a reason the 1st don’t exist anymore. The launch angle swing was designed to take advantage of vertical movement. Specifically the 12 6 curveball, and any pitch with vertical movement is a target for the swing. It is why horizontal movement is so common in baseball now. The change up. The slider. The sweeper all more effective at neutralizing a launch angle swing when paired with the elevated fastball. Good day.

    • @MarkSilva-py2eb
      @MarkSilva-py2eb 2 месяца назад

      Yes exactly please go the the nearest MLB organization and share this absolute brilliance