Best Pitch in Basball

The_Child_Prodigy · Post #1 » by **The_Child_Prodigy** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 9:28 pm

SO which pitch is the scariest if your a batter

Matsuzaka(sp?) Gyroball
Rivera- Cutter
Hoffman-Changeup
Santana-Chnageup
Liriano-Changeup
Webb- Sinker
or that guys 96mph slider

There are more but what is the most dominating pitch in baseball?

SportsWorld · Post #2 » by **SportsWorld** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:12 pm

Wakefield's Knuckleball
Zito's Curveball

34Celtic · Post #3 » by **34Celtic** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:20 pm

Contreras's splitter. Anything Paplebon throws. Johans change. Mo's cutter.

stro4swift · Post #4 » by **stro4swift** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:14 am

K-Rod's Slider!

trwi7 · Post #5 » by **trwi7** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:52 am

A Santana changeup is devasting.

If Wood was healthy I'd say his breaking pitch, Prior with a fastball.

Peavy slider is up there as well as is Verlander.

34Celtic · Post #6 » by **34Celtic** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:57 am

It's really not one pitch that makes someone. What makes one pitch so good is the pitch he sets it up with. Santana has a good fastball, but because he varies speed and throws a changeup that breaks like it does, it makes it that much more effective. No one would think it was that good if his fastball sat at 85.

Does Dice-K even throw a gyroball?

Rivera is the only pitcher on this list that has thrown one pitch consistently and been effective.

Even Wakefield mixes in his curveball and 70-something fastball to be effective.

treyZz · Post #7 » by **treyZz** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:58 am

Is the gyroball even real?

The Captain93 · Post #8 » by **The Captain93** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:43 am

Zumaya fastball.

BS007 · Post #9 » by **BS007** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:44 am

A Zito curveball is nasty... how is knuckleball scary?

Post #10 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:53 am

When healthy, Petey's circle change is absolutely unhittable.

34Celtic · Post #11 » by **34Celtic** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:58 am

BS007 wrote:how is knuckleball scary?

Clearly you've never seen a good one in person.

sosafan70 · Post #12 » by **sosafan70** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:13 am

Verlander's fastball

Post #13 » by **Chach** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:37 am

Basketball Jesus wrote:When healthy, Petey's circle change was absolutely unhittable.

There, fixed it.

A knuckleball is scary, not in the sense that you will lose your life if you get hit (like Zumaya's fastball at your head would be), but it just dances and bounces so much that it is so hard to know where it's going and what to do with it as a batter. mahalo
~Chach~

Post #14 » by **studcrackers** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:51 am

cj wilson's gyroball

Post #15 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:54 pm

Chach wrote:There, fixed it.

WRONG

BS007 · Post #16 » by **BS007** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:32 pm

34Celtic wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Clearly you've never seen a good one in person.

It comes in at about 70 MPH and if it hits you it doesn't hurt.. If it doesn't dance it comes in like a batting practice fastball.

BS007 · Post #17 » by **BS007** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:33 pm

34Celtic wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Clearly you've never seen a good one in person.

It comes in at about 70 MPH and if it hits you it doesn't hurt.. If it doesn't dance it comes in like a batting practice fastball.

BS007 · Post #18 » by **BS007** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:34 pm

34Celtic wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Clearly you've never seen a good one in person.

It comes in at about 70 MPH and if it hits you it doesn't hurt.. If it doesn't dance it comes in like a batting practice fastball.

BS007 · Post #19 » by **BS007** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:36 pm

34Celtic wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Clearly you've never seen a good one in person.

It comes in at about 70 MPH and if it hits you it doesn't hurt.. If it doesn't dance it comes in like a batting practice fastball.

HeelSox · Post #20 » by **HeelSox** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:10 pm

which is the same as a curve ball or a slider...but if you leave it up it's like a batting practice fastball. We're not judging the pitch on if they make a mistake with it...we're judging the pitch. Go hit a major league knuckleball and get back to me.