Matsuzaka Gyroball a myth?

[Amazing_Grace]

I found this article on Yahoo about the gyroball that Matsuzaka supposedly throws. The article is pretty interesting because it claims that he doesn't really use the pitch, and that the gyroball is really nothing more than a fastball thrown with a particular spin.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-mlb_07_gyroball022107&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[goonys evil twin]

I don't know how this story continues. It's been said repeatedly that it's a myth, yet everybody keeps referring to the gyroball. Why is that?

[Amazing_Grace]

I don't know how this story continues. It's been said repeatedly that it's a myth, yet everybody keeps referring to the gyroball. Why is that?

 

This was the first I'd heard of it being a myth, though that doesn't say much.

[Chocolate Milk]

I don't know how this story continues. It's been said repeatedly that it's a myth, yet everybody keeps referring to the gyroball. Why is that?

 

It sounds really cool.

[satxcubfan]

I don't know how this story continues. It's been said repeatedly that it's a myth, yet everybody keeps referring to the gyroball. Why is that?

 

It sounds really cool.

 

A myth???? Check this out...

[radarluv1]

“Secrets of the Demon Miracle Pitch.”

 

haha i love japanese translations.

 

Mr. Sparkle is very disrespectful to dirt.

[texascub]

It almost sounds to me like a hanging slider that someone has learned how to locate and throw consistently. Something like that could be quite effective in today's game IMO.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I don't know how this story continues. It's been said repeatedly that it's a myth, yet everybody keeps referring to the gyroball. Why is that?

 

Because people haven't heard the repeated statements that it's a myth (or maybe they don't want to hear it).

[Amazing_Grace]

I don't know how this story continues. It's been said repeatedly that it's a myth, yet everybody keeps referring to the gyroball. Why is that?

 

It sounds really cool.

 

A myth???? Check this out...

 

Yeah, that Tezuka guy was in the Yahoo article also. Apparently he swears up and down the pitch exists. The fact remains that it's a myth that Matsuzaka throws it.

[CuseCubFan69]

What was that pitch that Estes used to throw that ended up on the street?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

What was that pitch that Estes used to throw that ended up on the street?

 

Every pitch.

[Amazing_Grace]

What was that pitch that Estes used to throw that ended up on the street?

 

The gopherball.

[Chris]

What was that pitch that Estes used to throw that ended up on the street?

 

Every pitch.

 

gold star

[Friendly Confines]

I believe i heard on ESPN when pitchers and catchers arrived at camp that during an interview Matsuzaka said himself that the gyroball doesnt exist

[ltb]

carroll made a post about this on BP unfiltered today.

read that to see the truth.

[rawaction]

Of course, he doesn't throw a gyroball.

 

 

He's Japanese, Gyro's are greek.

 

 

DUH! :oops:

[CubsInNC]

Looks like we've got at least 1 believer:

 

Rotoworld reports C.J. Wilson (who likes the creative pitches) has talked to Tezuka and got a training device to go with the hr long instruction/bs session.

[Derwood]

the slow ball that Shingo Takatsu used to throw was something to behold. it was like someone hit the slo-mo button

[Elrhino]

I don't know how this story continues. It's been said repeatedly that it's a myth, yet everybody keeps referring to the gyroball. Why is that?

 

Probably because some people don't religiously post on messageboards and scour the internet for every baseball tidbit they can get their hands on.

[NoDak]

It almost sounds to me like a hanging slider that someone has learned how to locate and throw consistently. Something like that could be quite effective in today's game IMO.

 

While I am certainly no expert on pitching or hitting, I don't know that a "hanging" breaking ball would be a good thing, necessarily. Hitters could relatively easily adjust to it and it would get absolutely crushed.

[nilodnayr]

Probably because some people don't religiously post on messageboards and scour the internet for every baseball tidbit they can get their hands on.

 

For those who havent, the truth is that there is a gyroball. However, Matsuzaka doesn't throw it. Or more accurately, it is not in his repitoire. He has said he has thrown it like once or twice. But the pitch does exist, he just doesnt use it.