by rep » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:07 pm
i was watching outside the lines yesterday, maybe the day before. they had some physics geek who had been a pro pitcher at one point break down the gyro ball. i don't know if i actually believe him or not...otl is fairly credible, hard to knock it.
anyway, according to him, he said it is a slider that doesn't slide. if i understood him right, basically it just goes straight, but rotates the way a slider would, so the hitters anticipate it jumping but it won't. which made me think, uh...yeah, but what about the clips. i'm assuming those are dice k's legit sliders.
i was pretty let down by the whole thing. stupid truth.