Animation of a Juan Marichal delivery

Working off of film from a '60s era MLB All-Star game, this animation recreates Juan Marichal's dramatic pitching delivery. Marichal's post foot swung through and actually carved out a foot-long divot in the turf (10 feet from the rubber!) causing this particular delivery to appear somewhat awkward at the very end. At least, awkward for him...probably scary for the hitter.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• baseball
• pitching
• mechanics
• Juan
• Marichal
• animation

[luckdawg1]

juan marichal didn't have a delivery. it was always different

[laflippin]

@luckdawg1 "...a Juan Marichal delivery" means just what it says...that is, it is "a delivery", not "the delivery". I agree with your point, though--Marichal certainly used more than one type of delivery.

[gspfan93]

best right hand pitcher of all time just happen to be a platano woot!

[bigslynhs]

best dominican pitcher of all time

[Gorillasoh]

Cool

[tcampbellla]

Great delivery!

My favorite pitcher growing up in the Bay Area in the late 60's.

[ry32l]

very cool!