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Crazy Japanese Baseball Pitch

June 28th, 2007 by Anita Bath

Anyone know if this would be legal in a real baseball game?

(if you can’t see the video, click here)

Legal or not, I was pretty impressed. The first half kind of reminded me of how I throw (except my throw probably wouldn’t go anywhere near the plate).

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7 Responses to “Crazy Japanese Baseball Pitch”

on 28 Jun 2007 at 11:50 am Mike Billips

Completely legal, and something that’s been used occasionally in major league baseball since the 1930s. Americans call it the Eephus pitch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eephus_pitch
on 28 Jun 2007 at 1:58 pm Armen

10/10 for originalty. Maybe it’s called a ‘loop ball’?
on 28 Jun 2007 at 2:34 pm BOSSY

Japanese television makes American television seem sane.
on 28 Jun 2007 at 2:43 pm DiarioNocturno.com » Loquísima forma de pichar

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on 28 Jun 2007 at 2:45 pm VE

Damn, that would be the only pitch I could hit. Kind of like those lobbed softball games as a kid.
on 01 Jul 2007 at 6:47 pm Chuck Welch

Actually, that isn’t an Eephus, which is thrown overhand from the regular position. (It looks like an overhand version of a typical high arc softball pitch.)

Here’s a good video of an Eeepus:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WFvp7kMraAw
on 02 Jul 2007 at 7:37 pm Vexorg

I’d think that base-stealers would become an issue…