If you missed it today, here’s Kaz Tadano, former Indians minor leaguer and unfortunate subject of some tabloidy headlines when he was in the Tribe farm system, who threw an amazing eephus pitch against the Hanshin Tigers and somehow didn’t get the ump to pull the trigger on the strike call. Amazing.
This article appears in May 28 – Jun 3, 2014.
Woo hoo for overhand slow pitch softball!
gotta have a soft toss in his profession back in the day
it was a ball
Agreed, gadgetking. It doesn’t matter where the catcher’s glove appears to catch it – all that matters is where the ball was when it crossed the plate. It looked high – above the letters, maybe even above his head as it passed the plate. They should’ve shown a replay from the side angle – which would show it pretty certainly whether it was above or in the strike zone (the camera angle from the start of the clip).