The key to throwing a gyroball, says sportswriter Will Carroll, is a football-like spiral spin that's easy to learn but hard to master.
Posted on 10/23/2006 2:59:06 AM PDT by ajolympian2004
A town baseball field in Farmington, Connecticut may seem about as far away from the major leagues as you can get. But it's been witness to baseball history recently, reports CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason.
The key to throwing a gyroball, says sportswriter Will Carroll, is a football-like spiral spin that's easy to learn but hard to master.
Minor league pitcher Steve Palazzolo is learning to throw what some claim is the first new pitch in a generation. It's called the "gyroball." True believers claim it's almost un-hittable.
"We know that a curveball curves and a slider slides and a screwball …does what a screwball does," said sportswriter Will Carroll.
What a Gyroball does, according to Carroll, is tip the balance of power from hitters to pitchers.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
A Brand New Pitch
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2113229n
The Mysterious Gyroball
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=2113240n
pingy
The timing is suspicious.
Al Lieter: "Alright, so he has a curveball grip and he pulls down on the ball," said Leiter after viewing Palazzolo's gyroball. "I threw one of these and I called it a cutter. They can call it want they want. It's a cut fastball."
What the hell is that contraption in the pic?
It's their star pitcher.
I dunno, but you wouldn't want your ball caught in it.
Tanks. I have been working on the grip all day.
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Lieter is correct. What will they think of next? Knuckle ball maybe?
Yep!
Nothing new.
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