It's been a great week for incredible pitches by tricky MLB pitchers
More of these, please.
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The baseball season is just a few weeks old but it has already been an incredible time to be alive for some really crazy pitches thrown by professional pitchers who can do some wild things with a baseball.
Earlier this week we saw Houston’s Zack Greinke totally baffle Detroit’s Renato Núñez with a 51 mph eephus pitch that went for a called strike. 51 MPH! It was as beautiful as it sounds and was even more mesmerizing when it was shown next to one of his 100 mph fastballs.
Well, on Wednesday, Cardinals pitcher Jordan Hicks did something pretty cool, too, and his pitch was 49 mph faster than that eephus pitch by Greinke. Hicks threw a 100 mph sinker that Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman didn’t come close to touching.
It seems like the 100 mph sinker is starting to become a thing in MLB because the Dodgers’ Blake Treinen threw one a few weeks ago.
Pitchers seem to be getting trickier each day and these blazing fast sinkers and that not-so-blazing fast eephus pitch are just more examples of that.
And you know what? I’m here for it. Baseball, especially regular season baseball, can be incredibly boring at times. These types of pitches are the opposite of boring, which is very good for the game.
More of these types of weird pitches please, pitchers. Thank you in advance.
Quick hits: Top 10 WRs in NFL draft… KD confused by Philly fans… Shailene Woodley roots on Aaron Rodgers… And more.
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– Steven Ruiz breaks down the top 10 wide receivers in the upcoming NFL draft.
– Kevin Durant was hilariously confused by 76ers fans chanting ‘KD sucks‘ late in Philly’s win Wednesday night.
– Shailene Woodley has been Aaron Rodgers’ biggest fan during his great run as the guest host of ‘Jeopardy!’
– Steven Ruiz ranks every NFL quarterback by their odds of winning MVP in 2021.
– IndyCar driver Alexander Rossi talked about the ‘wild experience’ of sneezing while driving 200 mph and yeah, it’s pretty wild.