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The Shake: The New Gyroball

Intern Bill on The Shake, which might (ha!) be the “It” pitch in MLB next year. When Daisuke Matsuzaka came to the United States in 2006, it was thought that he threw the Gyroball - a breaking pitch with such velocity and spin that it was mathematically impossible to hit, yet still thrown for a strike. The pitch itself was apocryphal, with Matsuzaka himself eventually admitting that it was more myth than reality. Still, the fact that fans were scouring the internet and looking at grainy footage of the so-called miracle ball signaled that there might be more hidden pitching gems to emerge from Japan.

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