Sport Science: Mariano Rivera's Cutter

[arkbishopbonkerboy]

mariano is known as "Apaga y Vamonos" in spanish which means "turn off everything and lets go" best closer ever beyond the shadow of a doubt!

[CoeCoema7]

that pitch is so nasty i pulled my porn back up when my mom walked in

[FlashyLifeTV]

Hitters need to talk to Edgar Martinez, David Ortiz or Jason Kubel on how to hit Mariano Rivera's cutter... because they KILL him!!!

[iamhungey12345]

@FlashyLifeTV

Ortiz numbers against him declined after 2004. What was even surprising is that from 2005 to 2008, his BA against him dropped to .135 and those are his peak years.

It's really weird.

[HERMINIODIAZ]

PANAMÁ !!! 

[ThePeyet]

@HERMINIODIAZ MY NAME IS PANAMA!

[L4d10]

0:13 what a hand.. XD

[Raikaze]

gonna suck so bad when he retires..who the hell is going to replace him.

[iamhungey12345]

@Raikaze

David Robertson is the best candidate as of now and he scares me. I know he's good at getting out of jams but I really don't like handling that much excitement.

Maybe someone should hypnotize him into thinking that he's entering a bases loaded jam?

[smunkes]

@iamhungey12345 if you don't like so much excitement, watch golf

[iamhungey12345]

@smunkes

Excitement as in getting heart attack every time up.

Not "OH YEAH!!! THIS IS AWESOME" excitement.

Having to worry about someone blowing the game is not a good way to get excited.

[dzanier]

He's irreplaceable. Someone will come along and do a good job, but they'll never do it as well as him for as long as him.

[KRlST0PHER]

NO no no. he throws it like a regular 4 seam, except he moves his thumb in a little bit and throws it 3 quarter arm, just like he regularly throws it so it has the same velocity as his fastball except it has spin.

[Jerryqqlee]

Wow.... This is amazing. Just like always...just like always... Keep it up next year MO!!!! We wanna see 650!

[TheFastandtheslow]

Thumbs up if 0:13 looks like hes a retard

[andros1984]

The magnus effect is very real, but the graphic example at 1:26 is incorrect. The high/low pressures are opposite of what they should be.

A ball spinning like that would tail the other direction...

A cutter is like a very fast slider.

It doesn't drop, it just cuts in the direction you least expect a fastball to.

[roseavechica]

The man is a fucking beast 602 and counting GO Yankees!

[AdamR702]

He once threw a perfect game from the bullpen

He doesn't throw the ball fast it is just afraid of him

He once threw a cutter that was 90 degrees

[paolocargiulo]

best reliever in the history of the game



[MOE435]

Congrats Mo for number 600!!!!!

[locolocin]

el espreso de puerto caimito Made in panama

[MrER28]

If you want to know how Mariano throws his cutter you can finde information right here on youtube. Type in marianor rivera, pedro martinez and randy johnson and click on the pedro martinez image and watch that video.

[MrER28]

Mariano doesn't put any pressure with his fingers on the ball to throw the cutter;

he throws it by turning his wrist in. I know this because once I tried to throw the

four-seam fastball and I threw the cutter.

[TheSoxSorrow]

@MrER28 And you are Mariano. good to know

[HappilyWithMonotony]

And he didn't even try to throw it. He just did one day. How amazing is that?

[AxHeadProductions]

So wait he Puts more pressure on middle finger and moves the ball slightly in his hand but he doesn't snap his wrist like a curve?

[hghost08]

this video makes me HORNY

[Mrjaybird32]

Filthy cutter!!

[shrks2cup20]

That's filthy

[sportsmanbb1402]

Good ol' Rivera. Go Yankees!

[lmg10ny]

best closer ever!

[XXSniPEyOuXX1]

He puts ALOT of pressure on his middle finger and turns it to the side a bit

[7h3tSLDR02]

so which finger do you put more pressure on?