2007-08-07 10:19:05 · 10 answers · asked by cheshirecat192 3 in Sports ➔ Baseball
A very high lob. It has lots of backspin, and reaches a peak of about 30 feet up in the air. It's pretty easy to hit, but almost impossible to hit really hard if thrown right. Almost no one throws one right now.
2007-08-07 10:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by Thomas M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rip Sewell was the first to use it in MLB, in the 40's. Batters today are fooled by change-ups, which disrupts their timing. A 90 MPH fastball looks even faster compared to a 75 MPH pitch delivered with the same motion. Sewell's ephus pitch looked like an overhand softball slow pitch. Batters rarely made solid contact (like with Boston's Tim Wakefield's knuckleball). Sewell through the pitch occasionally, not repeatedly. Ted Williams hit a monstrous home run in an All Star game off the ephus, taking away the myth of non-hittable.
2007-08-07 18:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by xkmartguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a huge, fat, floating curveball -- thrown correctly it goes in a high arc, peaking at 20 to 30 feet, and falls down into the strike zone.
It looks delicious to the typical batter, because it's coming in at a pokey-slow speed. But it is also approaching at an unusual angle, nearly vertical, orthogonal to the typical swing... which makes it very hard to hit any harder than a bunt attempt. Batters hate it after their first embarassing strikeout.
Few pitchers have thrown it. Rip Sewell the best known, Dave LaRoche had his variation, Bill Lee.
2007-08-07 17:58:19 · answer #3 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a very slow and very loopy curveball. It can go as slow as 50 MPH in the majors. It looks like a very bad pitch and then drops in. very easy to hit, if you can figure out where it is going. 2 people that i know that can throw it is orlando hernandez of the mets and casey fossum of the devil rays. Casey Fossum calls his eephus pitch the "Fossum Flip".
2007-08-07 17:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by ryansraysrule 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a pitch that looks like it's coming fast by the pitchers motion, but floats way up in the air, kindof like a slowpitch softball pitch.
2007-08-07 18:20:35 · answer #5 · answered by Brian C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also known as a 'minivan' its 5 in the back and 2 in the front.
2007-08-07 17:22:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its looks like a curveball that hung waaay too long. its also known as a grapefruit.
It usually goes very slow and is rather easy to hit.
2007-08-07 17:28:46 · answer #7 · answered by Jack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Junk ball, it's thrown really slow. It's super easy to hit, but you gotta wait on it
2007-08-07 17:24:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RVcCDg9SIb0
what do you think about this pitch?
2007-08-07 19:04:45 · answer #9 · answered by Cookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a REALLY slow curveball that really hooks
2007-08-07 17:51:21 · answer #10 · answered by Rainman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋