For batting stance I'd have to go with Tony Batista who would face the pitcher with his entire body than wag his bat over his head and turn around. For pitching delivery I'd go with Hideo Nomo with his whirlwind delivery which was painful just to watch. Who do you think had the weirdest stance and delivery?
2007-02-26 14:20:37 · 14 answers · asked by The Man in the Yellow Hat 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Unique stance is hands down Tony Batista. I think it's easier for him to see the ball with both eyes compared to one.
Unique delivery Hideo Nomo. he must have decent lower body strength to balance and twist on one leg.
2007-02-26 18:02:47 · answer #1 · answered by zaroo21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lance Blankenship's stance was so open that his body was parallel to the wall in straight away centre.
And Hideo Nomo's every pitch made me want to get to a chiropractor as soon as I could.
BTW, EnormusJ69, so call Dan Quizenberry the orginal submariner is to ignore the history of baseball. When the rules of the game were first codified, and for some time after that, ALL pitchers were mandated to use only underhand deliveries.
2007-02-26 14:45:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batista was a good choice and Counsell is right there. And for us oldtimers John Wockenfuss (Tigers catcher) had a pretty crazy flapping hand thing going on in his day. The best pitching delivery...Luis Tiant or Mark "The Bird" Fidrych (delivery was fairly normal, the rest was not). Bill "Spaceman" Lee was pretty unique and Fernando Valenzuela with the eyes to the sky thing. Relievers like "The Mad Hungarian", Kent Tekulve ,Dan Quisenberry and currently Pat Nesheck had/have pretty unique deliveries
2007-02-26 14:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by viphockey4 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weirdest stance - Craig Counsel
weirdest pitching delivery - Hideo Nomo
2007-02-26 14:24:15 · answer #4 · answered by charlotte's web 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most unique batting stance - Andres Galaragha
Most unique pitching delivery, Chad Bradford
2007-02-26 14:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by Bryan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most unique batting stance that I can remember is Ron Gant. The most unique pitching delivery was Al Hrabosky (sic), the Mad Hungarian.
2007-02-26 14:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Joe W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the weirdest stance in my opinion was chuck knoblauch, it didn't look like he was capable of swinging the bat from that position...the weirdest windup has to be hideo nomo's, it takes a solid 10 seconds to get through
2007-02-26 15:37:05 · answer #7 · answered by sabes99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stance is Craig Counsel - you can't argue this one. I can't watch him on tv.. he looks like he's trying to knock something out of a tree. My second favorite was Joe Morgan, he used to flap his arm like he just shaved his underarm and rubbed alcohol on it.
Pitch - Dan Quisenberry, the original submarine pitcher. His knuckles would actually hit the ground at times and the pitch would sometimes take his momentum almost to the third base foul line.
2007-02-26 14:44:55 · answer #8 · answered by EnormusJ69 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Batting- The midget Eddie Gidel that batted for the browns one time.
Pitching-Kent Tekelve of the pirates
2007-02-27 03:13:45 · answer #9 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Batting would have to be Carl Yaztrimski and Luis Tiant...ironically both Red Sox!
2007-02-27 03:35:21 · answer #10 · answered by Mickey Mantle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋