Gyroball

[Intercity101]

What a Pitch!!! Big time SO pitch

[pricealime]

gyro ball is a cool pitch

[AfganKush420]

Thats got to be so fucking confusing.. its a normal fastball spinning to the right.. but curves to the LEFT.. if it curves to the right it should be curving to the right.. So thats 3 different factors that fucks you up on that pitch

[TheTalon0000]

either way that was tight

[Cheech234566]

gyroball is basically an inside curveball to a lefty and an outside curveball to a righty

[link9871]

i feel sorry for the batter that had to face that pitch

[wiffleking123]

dude if he would've gotten it in the strike zone that would've been nice.

[Spartan66987]

that was sick

[mattador527]

slider

[jeffbass999]

his hands didn't flick like a slider. It they didn't snap forward like a 12:6 curve. If its not a gyro ball then what is it.

[duhs8878]

gyro bitch

[camuso15]

wasnt even close

[Mortskcab]

DAMN!!!! he has a cannon for an arm! I would kill if I could throw like that! but in high school I was a mediocre pitcher......oh well I was always much better at Hockey than baeseball anyways

[Civsuccess2]

It's a slider with cut spin.  If you can balance the two, you'll have a gyroball.

[SugarSkater10]

hahahahah the batter missed by like 2 feet !!!!!!!!!!

[NFCF22]

he messed him up bad

[oxSoftballQueenxo]

hahaha ok i play softball so idk wut ur tlkin bout but that swing was horrible!!! haha

[odobett]

That's no gyroball, that's his DIRTY change!

[Alex887]

Looked like a slider to me.

[jonforeman12]

this pitchis wierd

[odor33]

thats a horrible swing dumbass

[muckdogs34]

it was a check swing you dumbass

[EEwhit3y]

i agree, that was a check swing

[kellenm27]

when someone throws as hard as he does you have to start your swing early. he was fooled on the pitch and tried to check his swing, tool.

[fade2black412]

dice-k really isn't THAT hard a thrower, i thought he was before but he's smart in that his fast ranges from 89-95, with it mostly being 91-93, that good but not consistent mid upper 90s fastball

[kellenm27]

89-95 is very hard. You obviously never played higher baseball. you have to start your swing early.. that pitch was more of a slider: the batter started his swing thinking it was a fastball then he got tied up because the pitch cut in on him. "91-93 isnt that hard!" do us all a favor and shut up, please.

[fade2black412]

when people are sayin he throws consistent mid nineties, thats bullshit like you are saying, 91-93 is of course good velocity, but its nothing like the 96-97 CONSISTENTLY of josh beckett

[kellenm27]

I don't know why we are talking about the velocity of his pitches.. This segment was aimed at the batters 'check swing'.. and btw.. throwing hard doesnt mean shit if you can locate on the corners.

[fade2black412]

i know, obviously, i know a lot about pitching, but throwing hard means a shit load when you do locate on the corners, it becomes overpowering a la pedro martinez 1999-2000, his strikeout to walk ratios were incredible, i do know that location is more important, because beckett got smashed last year when he threw 97 down the middle, but where has dice-k's changeup gone?

[nikibelucciishot]

its called a check swing

[fjeffrey10]

That's no gyroball that's just a bad swing.

[Djarra]

The Gyroball isn't that hard to learn. A lot of Australian and English players have it, and took it to Japan (there are quite a few Aussie pitchers in Japan) the reason is that Aussie's and Brits grow up playing Cricket and switch to Baseball. The release for a Gyroball is the same as a 'yorker' in cricket.

[Yovtube]

only that cricket rules and pwns baseball

[guitargod1532]

its been well described as a spiral rotation on the ball. imagine after you throw it, that its a clock. it spins clockwise, on a slight axis... amazing pitch. LOLAZNZ!

[Retox72]

dice k definately knows how to throw that pitch...the catcher was waiting on that one

[Hur1eysk8er515]

its definitly not a slider its just a rediculous sinking fastball

[johnnydoesntnoman]

Redicioucly sinking fastball aka Gyroball nad look at how he made that guy miss

[tobagel]

Matsuzaka said to a Japanese media yesterday this was a cutball (although it has gyro spin). His slider is totally different.

[japa1990]

wow, I trust on dice-k. My 3rd pick in fantasy baseball, they laughd...now i hope I laugh back at them.

[Deutscher777]

it's not a slider the ball breaks off to soon

[markiev91]

thats just a slider..matsuzaka is gonna be a bust

[Swunk20]

not a slider. check out how the hand's pulling down on the ball, giving a "bullet-like" spin. whether it was on purpose or not, that's a gyroball, and it's basically a sneaky 2-seamer. nothing revolutionary, but still cool.

[tobagel]

Matsuzaka said to a Japanese media yesterday this was a cutball (although it has gyro spin). His slider is totally different.

[markiev91]

yeah..you may be right but its not a sweet new ball that does a bunch of crazy shit like these baseball scientists are sayin..this pitch is a bunch of talk and its really just a pitch thats always been out there but they gave it a new name

[Swunk20]

It hasn't always been out there. At least not on purpose, occasionally a few pitchers' fastball grip would cause the occasional gyroball-spin (see Martinez, Pedro). It behaves like a cut or two-seam fastball, but looks like a change-up. not a bugs bunny pitch, but basically a tricky sinking FB.

[ElWyetho]

yeah wtf do you think a new pitch is jackhole?

[markiev91]

what are you talking about? i said it was the exact pitch thats been out forever just with a new name. its a slider.WOW! thats like me throwing a curve and being like ' wow. im gonna say this is a new pitch.ill call it the cheese ball' its nothing new. alot of hype over nothing.

[Xzibit995566]

So you're saying a slider cuts before the plate? The movement of a slide breaks earlier buddy..

[andrewrslu]

That's a slider.

[andrewrslu]

That's a slider.

[hellzx]

yankees... rest in piss

[Swunk20]

My goodness...