GettnHuge 2 Posted February 22, 2007 Keen article on Yahoo today on the 'gyroball mystery' Finally, the gyroball mystery solved By Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports February 21, 2007 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The man who discovered the gyroball wanted to clear up something. The pitch, contrary to its legend that might as well have been cooked up with water from Loch Ness, does not dart 4 feet or dip 2 feet or do the Macarena before it reaches home plate. The gyroball, Kazushi Tezuka said, really shouldn't move at all. Hearing this was like hearing Santa Claus doesn't exist. I had started my search for the gyroball nearly a year ago, when Daisuke Matsuzaka was introducing himself to the United States for the first time during the World Baseball Classic. Message boards postulated that he threw this mysterious pitch by using double-spin mechanics, which sounded more like car technology. The pitch was supposed to revolutionize baseball, and when I asked Matsuzaka whether he threw it, he said that he had accidentally and that he wanted to learn it. By the time the Boston Red Sox emptied a Brinks truck to sign Matsuzaka, the gyroball was a full-blown phenomenon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- was also going thru some of the demonstrations on youtube, some are complete jokes. vid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
