If you haven’t already seen it make sure to check out Patrick from NPB Tracker’s post on some of the weirder pitches and pitching occurrences in recent Japanese Baseball. He highlights Satoru Komiyama’s “Shake” pitch, which the artist himself describes as a forkball with no thumb pressure. Here’s a video of the pitch:
Ah the lengths pitchers will go to in order to remain viable in their 18th year. He’s also got a video of Ichiro throwing in a high school All-star game against Hideki Matsui.
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1 Westbaystars // Aug 31, 2008 at 12:18 am
Ah, I like Komi-chan. I’m still cursing the BayStars for letting him go in retaliation for going to the Majors as a free agent. He’s got style.
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