eephus

Yesterday at Yankee Stadium, during a game that was the first live Webcast in MLB history, Hernandez gave his "eephus" pitch a workout.

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I felt really sorry for fans of other teams who never knew the joy of stuffing their faces with French fries slathered in gravy and melted cheese curds while watching Pascual Perez throw eephus pitches as his jheri curls dripped to the turf.

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Torrealba connected in the sixth inning, three pitches after watching one of Livan Hernandez's trademark '' eephus '' offerings poke across the plate for a strike - so slow it didn't register on the stadium scoreboard radar.

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"All the Pitches We Could Find (okay, most of them)" details the origins of the eephus, foshball, slurve and sneaky fastball (aren't they all?), and James lists "The Best Fastballs of Each Half-Decade."

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In the last five years, people have been using the term “blooper” or “eephus” to refer to what we might call a ridiculously slow curveball.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

Note: Perez would throw an eephus pitch a couple of times a game.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

In the last five years, people have been using the term “blooper” or “eephus” to refer to what we might call a ridiculously slow curveball.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

In the last five years, people have been using the term “blooper” or “eephus” to refer to what we might call a ridiculously slow curveball.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

Note: Perez would throw an eephus pitch a couple of times a game.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

Note: Perez would throw an eephus pitch a couple of times a game.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004