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 Post subject: Gyroball...
PostPosted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:57 pm 
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I was looking at the wikipedia page, and this is what it said for some of the people who might throw it (Tezuka is a Japanese scientist who studies the gyroball):

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* Daisuke Matsuzaka: Most familiar with the gyro agree he does not throw the pitch. Matsuzaka has stated that he can throw the gyroball, however cannot do so on a consistent basis.
* C.J. Wilson: He has claimed that he throws the gyroball. However, just as his two-seam ball, it is sometimes very similar to a slider or sinker in spite of his adoption of Tezuka's theory; he can not control it. He guesses because the gyro axle is inclined in irregularity. But while trying to learn the gyro, Wilson developed a new hybrid pitch, which he calls the Cork. The Cork, described by Wilson, is a "rising cut fastball." He uses this as his out pitch against left-handed hitters.
* Hideo Nomo: Tezuka thinks that his fastball is probably a gyroball.
* Jered Weaver: His fastball is considered the four-seam gyro.
* Pedro Martínez: Tezuka thinks he throws it accidentally.
* Roger Clemens: Kazuo Matsui reckons he may throw it because his fastball has a gyroball-like rotation.

Going back to C.J. Wilson, what would we put in the game as his "rising cut fastball?" Would we just make it a cutter with more break, or what?
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:lol: that coming from a yankees fan...
but its interesting how apparently guys like jered weaver apparently throw one.
its been said that they themselves don't really know they throw it (excepting dice-k maybe and CJ), and that some kids throw it before their pitching motions are changed by coaches.

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It is noted that I also hate Gayrod a.k.a. A-roid a.k.a. A-rod a.k.a. double play rod a.k.a.
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No, cuase that wasn't off-topic at all.
I would like to see someone in the game have it, but yes, this is intresting.

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Yankeebros2009 wrote:
It is noted that I also hate Gayrod a.k.a. A-roid a.k.a. A-rod a.k.a. double play rod a.k.a.
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No, cuase that wasn't off-topic at all.
I would like to see someone in the game have it, but yes, this is intresting.

In the Japanese game, I saw someone throw an ephis pitch.

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catcher51 wrote:
Yankeebros2009 wrote:
It is noted that I also hate Gayrod a.k.a. A-roid a.k.a. A-rod a.k.a. double play rod a.k.a.
Alex Rodrigiez.

No, cuase that wasn't off-topic at all.
I would like to see someone in the game have it, but yes, this is intresting.

In the Japanese game, I saw someone throw an ephis pitch.


that is the best pitch in the world it would be so funny if mlbpp added it

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gunninhome wrote:
Yankeebros2009 wrote:
Yankeebros2009 wrote:
It is noted that I also hate Gayrod a.k.a. A-roid a.k.a. A-rod a.k.a. double play rod a.k.a.
Alex Rodrigiez.

No, cuase that wasn't off-topic at all.
In the Japanese game, I saw someone throw an ephis pitch.


that is the best pitch in the world it would be so funny if mlbpp added it

Agian, gyroball? So, yeah, someone in the game should have it.

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