How do you throw a eephus pitch?

Question

lol heres a question what is it and secondly how do i do it

Answer 1

It's a lob.
Throw it high, with a lot of backspin.
The guy who threw it was Rip Sewell; maybe he wrote something about it before he died. Might be worth checkin' out. . . .

Answer 2

Various pitchers over the years have used the quirky eephus once in a while, but none with the frequency of Sewell. It's generally a gimmick pitch, used for amusement of the player and the fans.

Journeyman pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez has taken to throwing the eephus once in a while. On August 26, 2002, he threw a few to Alex Rodriguez, who hit one out for a homer.

Rodriguez explained: "You can expect a lot of different arm angles and a lot of different pitches from him, but I never thought I'd get a 48 mph curveball. It looked like a slow pitch, softball really."

Answer 3

The Eephus pitch is thrown overhand like most pitches, but is characterized by an unusual high arcing trajectory and corresponding slow velocity, bearing more resemblance to a slow-pitch softball delivery than to a traditional baseball pitch. It is considered a trick pitch because, in comparison to normal baseball pitches (which run from 70 to 100 miles per hour), an Eephus pitch appears to move in slow motion.

Answer 4

The eephus is a "junk" pitch to catch the hitter off-guard.

Throw it with a high-arc and use very little power behind it. Make it float into the strike-zone.

It's similar to the change-up, but way slower and more sinking action.

Answer 5

It is a pitch a 12 year old girl can throw. It is delivered with an overhand motion about 15 to 20 feet in the air designed to drop straight down over the plate. Think of a slow pitch softball delivery except with an overhand delivery. It was a pitch used sparingly many years ago just to put the hitter off stride. Take a look at the attached:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eephus_pitch

Answer 6

its a wasted pitch not often used by pitchers its really like a taunt to the batter cause it moves so slow if u know how to throw a curve ball then u can basicly can throw a eephus just throw it early in your release and very slow you can grip the seams like u do a changeup or a curveball

Answer 7

the Ephus pitch is junk, it is (was) used to try and catch the batter off guard. rarly worked and was hardly ever a strike.

It basically is an overhand, slow pitch softball pitch with a baseball. Big slow high arcing pitch that should be launched into the next county.

Don't do it...if you do, you'll be sorry!!!

Answer 8

a pitch that goes WAY up in the air and is never a strike
dont throw it

Answer 9

Throw it as slow as you can and still have it travel 60 feet.