+1, would watch again.

Looked way outside to me.

Old videos are old.

haemaker: Old videos are old.

THIS

ne2d: Looked way outside to me.

This, but given the views of the stands, I'm guessing it was a charity game/old timers/all star deal that got the strike called for ingenuity alone.

I'm not a baseball fan but isn't this type of pitch considered a balk?

mrshowrules: I'm not a baseball fan but isn't this type of pitch considered a balk?

No.

haemaker: Old videos are old.

Watching Japanese people go crazy never gets old.

strike, my ass

wow, ebaumsworld continues to find the freshest content the internet has to offer!

Three Crooked Squirrels: mrshowrules: I'm not a baseball fan but isn't this type of pitch considered a balk?

No.

Yes. If you're not facing the batter when you deliver the ball, it's a balk. Also, this is a setup - the stands are empty. Also also, Eric Bauman sucks.

I guess I know what happened to Eric Gregg after he didn't get his job back in the majors.

/No, am not over that 1997 NLCS, thank you.

thomps: wow, ebaumsworld continues to find the freshest content the internet has to offer!

and evidently, we'll continue to greenlight it.

radiumsoup: Three Crooked Squirrels: mrshowrules: I'm not a baseball fan but isn't this type of pitch considered a balk?

No.

Yes. If you're not facing the batter when you deliver the ball, it's a balk. Also, this is a setup - the stands are empty. Also also, Eric Bauman sucks.

Also, mimmicing a pitch without throwing the ball, which he does after throwing the ball backwards.

2 balks - I like it!

I might watch baseball if there were more shenanigans like that.

And if they'd play in the rain.

And explosions.

I'll go with the that pitch was outside crowd. Catcher did a good job framing it for the ump. Major leaguer would have crushed that ball.

JC

Not a legal pitch, at least in MLB.

ne2d: Looked way outside to me.

Juuuuuuuuust a bit outside.

No way that's a strike. Shenanigans circa 1995.

Just a bit outside!

I dont know much about attenence for the Japanese leagues but I assume it is more than zero. It's a set up (and old) but still fun

I think you need the video of Cincinnati's mayor Mark Mallory if you think that is the weirdest pitch ever thrown.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYuf4QlpaS0

I was amused the first 3 or 4 times this was posted here, but I wasn't as amused this time around.

mentallo69: Just a bit outside!

He tried the corner and missed.

/Ebaums's World is cutting edge, I tells ya.

Eephus thread?

relax, folks...at this point in time, EVERYTHING on the internet is a repeat of something, somewhere, somehow.
Everything has been a repeat of everything else since time began..we just didn't have enough hard drives to record it all until recently.

That was fun, I'll admit. But if you threw that to Pujols I think they'd still be looking for the ball.

.backwards words say to used I .again go I There .shiat, Oh

repeat a is This.

FishyFred: Watching Japanese people go crazy never gets old.

This. As a matter of fact, I'm having that phrase put on my tombstone.

Bonanza Jellybean: Eephus thread?

what i was hoping for. that pitch is cool.

No consideration?

downstairs: radiumsoup: Three Crooked Squirrels: mrshowrules: I'm not a baseball fan but isn't this type of pitch considered a balk?

No.

Yes. If you're not facing the batter when you deliver the ball, it's a balk. Also, this is a setup - the stands are empty. Also also, Eric Bauman sucks.

Also, mimmicing a pitch without throwing the ball, which he does after throwing the ball backwards.

Erm, actually, NO, it is not a balk, because there are no runners on base. When there are no baserunners, there is no balk, the ump may call TIME however, and I think the pitch does not actually count.

As for the video, this was on Fark probably sometime around 2002. There's no way in hell I'm looking up the link to report it to the mods, but this clip is downright Jurassic.

OldNewsRocks.jpg

Nabb1: I guess I know what happened to Eric Gregg after he didn't get his job back in the majors.

/No, am not over that 1997 NLCS, thank you.

THIS.

Of all the playoff series the braves lost in 90s, and there were a lot, that was the only one that filled me with rage. Not disappointment or sadness like the others, but pure anger.

Read the headline, knew exactly what the video was.

/old news is exciting, etc.
//pretty funny though

It's not really the weirdest pitch if nothing dies. (new window)

LesserEvil: Erm, actually, NO, it is not a balk, because there are no runners on base. When there are no baserunners, there is no balk, the ump may call TIME however, and I think the pitch does not actually count.

Actually you can have a balk in the windup. Balks are there to prevent pitcher from faking batters (base runners) with unnatural motions.
here's the link to rules for pitchers. (new window)

/I'm guessing this windup would be a balk; probably as a quick pitch.
//this would be more impressive if I hadn't already learned to do this when I was in 7th grade

ne2d: Looked way outside to me.

mrtoadswildride: LesserEvil: Erm, actually, NO, it is not a balk, because there are no runners on base. When there are no baserunners, there is no balk, the ump may call TIME however, and I think the pitch does not actually count.

Actually you can have a balk in the windup. Balks are there to prevent pitcher from faking batters (base runners) with unnatural motions.
here's the link to rules for pitchers. (new window)

/I'm guessing this windup would be a balk; probably as a quick pitch.
//this would be more impressive if I hadn't already learned to do this when I was in 7th grade

I would like someone who is claiming this is an "illegal pitch" or a balk to post the proof of such claim. I've looked through to provided links, and can find nothing that would point to that pitch being anything but legal, albeit ridiculous. BTW, "Illegal pitch" refers specifically to a quick pitch, not having anything to do with wind-up or delivery.

mrshowrules: I'm not a baseball fan but isn't this type of pitch considered a balk?

No, but it was outside.

Stangfreek: mrtoadswildride: LesserEvil: Erm, actually, NO, it is not a balk, because there are no runners on base. When there are no baserunners, there is no balk, the ump may call TIME however, and I think the pitch does not actually count.

Actually you can have a balk in the windup. Balks are there to prevent pitcher from faking batters (base runners) with unnatural motions.
here's the link to rules for pitchers. (new window)

/I'm guessing this windup would be a balk; probably as a quick pitch.
//this would be more impressive if I hadn't already learned to do this when I was in 7th grade

I would like someone who is claiming this is an "illegal pitch" or a balk to post the proof of such claim. I've looked through to provided links, and can find nothing that would point to that pitch being anything but legal, albeit ridiculous. BTW, "Illegal pitch" refers specifically to a quick pitch, not having anything to do with wind-up or delivery.

Here would be the rule..

8.05(i) The pitcher, without having the ball, stands on or astride the pitcher's plate or while off the plate, he feints a pitch;

Since he doesn't have the ball (already threw it), he's feinting a normal pitch. Balk

glave27: Stangfreek: mrtoadswildride: LesserEvil: Erm, actually, NO, it is not a balk, because there are no runners on base. When there are no baserunners, there is no balk, the ump may call TIME however, and I think the pitch does not actually count.

Actually you can have a balk in the windup. Balks are there to prevent pitcher from faking batters (base runners) with unnatural motions.
here's the link to rules for pitchers. (new window)

/I'm guessing this windup would be a balk; probably as a quick pitch.
//this would be more impressive if I hadn't already learned to do this when I was in 7th grade

I would like someone who is claiming this is an "illegal pitch" or a balk to post the proof of such claim. I've looked through to provided links, and can find nothing that would point to that pitch being anything but legal, albeit ridiculous. BTW, "Illegal pitch" refers specifically to a quick pitch, not having anything to do with wind-up or delivery.

Here would be the rule..

8.05(i) The pitcher, without having the ball, stands on or astride the pitcher's plate or while off the plate, he feints a pitch;

Since he doesn't have the ball (already threw it), he's feinting a normal pitch. Balk

But does that count if the pitch has already been thrown?

I had not seen this before.

Ebaum is a thief and douchebag.

glave27: Stangfreek: mrtoadswildride: LesserEvil: Erm, actually, NO, it is not a balk, because there are no runners on base. When there are no baserunners, there is no balk, the ump may call TIME however, and I think the pitch does not actually count.

Actually you can have a balk in the windup. Balks are there to prevent pitcher from faking batters (base runners) with unnatural motions.
here's the link to rules for pitchers. (new window)

/I'm guessing this windup would be a balk; probably as a quick pitch.
//this would be more impressive if I hadn't already learned to do this when I was in 7th grade

I would like someone who is claiming this is an "illegal pitch" or a balk to post the proof of such claim. I've looked through to provided links, and can find nothing that would point to that pitch being anything but legal, albeit ridiculous. BTW, "Illegal pitch" refers specifically to a quick pitch, not having anything to do with wind-up or delivery.

Here would be the rule..

8.05(i) The pitcher, without having the ball, stands on or astride the pitcher's plate or while off the plate, he feints a pitch;

Since he doesn't have the ball (already threw it), he's feinting a normal pitch. Balk

I'm going to have to disagree. That could easily be construed as his follow-through to get himself into position to field the ball. It's a judgment call, but I don't think that's a balk.

Lance Armstrong

mrtoadswildride: LesserEvil: Erm, actually, NO, it is not a balk, because there are no runners on base. When there are no baserunners, there is no balk, the ump may call TIME however, and I think the pitch does not actually count.

Actually you can have a balk in the windup. Balks are there to prevent pitcher from faking batters (base runners) with unnatural motions.
here's the link to rules for pitchers. (new window)

/I'm guessing this windup would be a balk; probably as a quick pitch.
//this would be more impressive if I hadn't already learned to do this when I was in 7th grade

Except, per your link, there do have to be baserunners for a balk:

8.05
If there is a runner, or runners, it is a balk when --

There is no balk rule for when there are no runners on base.