 Take a look at this swing on the fastball. Jacked, homerun, the next batter, slider, big ol' swing, homerun, two batters later, curve ball, big ol' swing, homerun, next batter, fastball, big ol' swing, homerun and Kopeck, the pitcher is thinking, what do they know that I don't? Well, they know that this breakdown is brought to you by Shady Ray, is one of my favorite sponsors of ours. They're gonna hook you up with a discount at the end of this, and they also know when your curve ball's coming. But the good thing is, you didn't throw your curve ball, Kopeck, and you already know this, until the fifth inning. That's good, because you got through the first four and they were just regular old runs. But then when the fifth inning came around, they saw something different in his glove that tipped him off when a curve ball was coming. And maybe they didn't know it was just the curve ball, maybe they thought it was any breaking ball. Can you spot the difference in the glove there? Well, one's a fastball and one's a curve. And, you know, my buddy Trevor Plouffe, former professional baseball player, tipped me off to this one because he found it and he sent it to me because this is what big leaguers do. They stare at this stuff. They got eyes, they can pick it up. Us, they were like, what? What was it? So if you didn't see it, there it is again in slow-mo and then I'll really bring it up close. You see the gloves? You see how the one on the right, there's a gap between the thumb of the glove and his skin? Well, it's because he's flaring his thumb up because he's stretching out his hand in his glove as he twists the grip. On the other one, the glove is laying flat on his wrist. And this is a very common tip. So batters look for this a lot. Now I said he didn't throw any to the fifth inning, I misspoke. He threw two or three in the fourth inning. This one there to Crawford who grounds out a nice play to get him out and then he throws this one here. And those two batters, yeah, just two, those two batters or whoever's reviewing film in the Giants dugout or clubhouse, they saw it and they were like, oh, I saw it guys, I saw it. If his thumb is up, that means the breaking pitch is coming. So now you got Conforto stepping in and just staring like a hawk at his glove. I want all of you guys to stare at the glove playing along at home. Does it flare up or does it stay on his skin? And that is up. That is not on his skin, curve ball. Okay, so Conforto takes that one. Now it's flat. So now he thinks his fastball's coming big swing, but under it, but big swing. Okay, so now he's staring at the glove again. What do you guys see on his, it's on his skin. That means it's probably a fastball. Bam, attacks it. Now the only tricky thing here is on his skin means not that it's a fastball, just that it's not a curve. So there it is, the next batter, Tyro. And this one's interesting because it's not a fastball nor curve. It's a slider and the glove stays flat. So I actually don't know this one. Maybe Tyro just hit it. Maybe this is not part of it. That's a big old swing. Copic's like, huh, what? That's funky. Now, Jack Peterson's up and he already hit a home run in this game. And this is gonna work out for Copic because maybe Jack's looking for this tip, but he does the same thing on his changeup. So that's a nice changeup in his fastball. It's only the curve ball where he's spiking it up a lot. And that one, whew. Maybe there's a little bounce there, but not a lot. The fastball's definitely still. And this one that's on his skin, that's not really moving at all. And that's a fastball up. And that's on his skin not moving at all, but it's a changeup away. So it was really just the curve ball that this was happening. So the Jock at bat and he already hit a home run and then his next at bat got robbed. So maybe he was seeing him so well. He just kind of took that one off. But then we got the next batter. And curve ball. And let's go watch that back. Cause this one, these ones are kind of blatant. Look, it's on his skin. It's on his skin. It's on his skin flare. See it pop up off his skin. Now I texted Trev. I was like, batters can really see this. And he's like, oh yeah. He's like, yeah, that much you're staring at it. I'm like, that's crazy, man. It's a whole different game than I knew. I was never looking for that. I could barely hit the ball at the tee. Look at that one, guys. This one is so flared. Look how high that comes off his hand. And the glove might just poke up. That's what they're seeing on the other end. And it's actually a decent low and away curve but he's sitting on it and absolutely smokes it. It's also impressive that the Giants hitters, you know, you know what pitches come in. It doesn't guarantee a home run. Nice, gentle high fives. Nice, gentle high fives. Nice, gentle high fives. Making the rounds. Making the rounds. Oh my God. What do they know? And look how much the glove pops up here. It's off his hand. It's popped up. Little turtle head, just like, boop. I'm a curve ball. Smokes it. Now the pitching coach comes out and I'm guessing he says something like, hey, they're seeing the curve and the breaking stuff really well. After that slider curve, he's like, let's just stay away from that stick to fast balls. So you see the glove was on his skin and that's a fast ball. And then the next one, the glove's not popped up and that's a fast ball. And he's working fast now and he's kind of frustrated and that's another fast ball. So now the batter, maybe the batter's like, they did a mound visit. Maybe they figured it out and they're just throwing me fast balls or maybe he's looking at his glove and thinking, well, it's not popping up. I bet it's gonna be another fast ball. And it is. And now everything that he thinks, look at him staring at his hands, everything he thinks is gonna come to life. He's like, it's another fast ball. He just smokes it. Four home runs in five batters and maybe they were just tipping one pitch. God fucking damn it. And now lefties up. So they're gonna bring the change up back into the mix thinking it's just the breaking pitches, but that's away. And now they go fast ball and that's up. And now they're gonna go two and oh, what do they do? They go, oh, nice change up. Nice change up. Get back in it. Two and one change up away. He's just kind of like a little over a little flustered. I mean, you gotta give up four home runs. You're supposed to just like keep your composure and pitch. Pitching coach comes out, takes the mattings on the mattings like, what the fuck's happening? It's pretty wild what the human eyes can pick up. That's why you gotta protect them. And this breakdown was brought to you by Shady Rays who wanna help you protect your eyes. 50% off. 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