James MacDonald
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Japan Now -- Ayumi Hamasaki
มุมมอง 1.5K15 ปีที่แล้ว
An excerpt from one of the Talk Asia Japan Now specials I produced. This one features pop star Ayumi Hamasaki.
Japan Now - Kotooshu
มุมมอง 66615 ปีที่แล้ว
An excerpt from the first Japan Now segment we shot featuring Sumo wrestler Kotooshu. A challenging shoot (try finding a Bulgarian translator in Tokyo!) but one of my favourites of the series.
Australian Drought
มุมมอง 12615 ปีที่แล้ว
Australian Drought
Outdoor NHL
มุมมอง 19515 ปีที่แล้ว
January 2008 The first outdoor NHL hockey game in the U.S. The Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
U of Buffalo Civil Rights
มุมมอง 17015 ปีที่แล้ว
Reunion of 1958 University of Buffalo Bulls football team pioneers in U.S. Civil Rights
Surf Science
มุมมอง 85515 ปีที่แล้ว
From Raglan, New Zealand a profile of Dr. Kerry Black, equal parts surfer and scientist, sculpting coral reefs where they've never been before. Now THAT sounds like the 'best job in the world!'
Father of the Hybrid
มุมมอง 4715 ปีที่แล้ว
Father of the Hybrid
Gyroball
มุมมอง 2.5M15 ปีที่แล้ว
A story out of Tokyo about the mysterious 'Gyroball' pitch fact or fiction?
Hong Kong Markets
มุมมอง 12415 ปีที่แล้ว
One of my final stories for CNN about the preservation of traditional Hong Kong markets.

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  • @maylee5928
    @maylee5928 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That reporter had to get Tommy John surgery after this. Lmfao this is so funny watching like 12 years later lol

  • @Whomever209
    @Whomever209 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is the gyroball the same thing as the sweeper or the slutter (slider-cutter hybrid)?

  • @aljon5947
    @aljon5947 ปีที่แล้ว

    It’s not a pitch worth making a new name for since we already have the term for a pitch with similar release,movement and spin which is “gyro slider”. Even Matsuzaka wont confirm it. The footage I saw of his “gyroball” vary so much, sometimes its like a cutter, gyro slider, sometimes it even has the movement of a changeup. It seems to me that it really is just Matsuzaka’s mistake slider, when he messes up the spin of the slider it can turn into so many different pitches. One thing for sure though is that its not a screwball. The motion is different for a screwball since its supposed to spin the other way around like a changeup or a gyro slider thats spinning counter-clockwise as a right handed pitcher.

  • @Kicks_Clothing
    @Kicks_Clothing 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jerry is that a Ggggyroooball lol

  • @therealbs2000
    @therealbs2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:54 "this so called gyroball is nothing more than a really good screwball." Me: oh is that all? Huh.

  • @whyimsmarterthanyou
    @whyimsmarterthanyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This the real reason Godzilla destroys Japan periodically.

  • @daviemerim25
    @daviemerim25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The truth about the gyroball is that it gains speed as it travels through the plate, giving the illusion of rising. The opposite happens if you throw with two seams.

    • @KingNast
      @KingNast 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sounds impossible. Where is it getting more energy to gain speed? It should always be decreasing in speed once it leaves the pitcher's hand

    • @daviemerim25
      @daviemerim25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KingNast What happens is that fastballs use magnus force to keep travelling foward with little air resistance, while gyro fastballs use rifle effect to cancel air resistance, giving the illusion of gaining speed.

  • @WMPEXFBTLZYH
    @WMPEXFBTLZYH 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video is a time machine

  • @snyderlouilus4039
    @snyderlouilus4039 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    First in fucking 12 fucking years

  • @anasriko4862
    @anasriko4862 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    GYRO!

  • @kurtissjacobs5618
    @kurtissjacobs5618 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "From the batter's perspective, it looks like the ball is falling--but it's actually rising." If you could actually throw a riser, that might be true.

  • @BoutThatAction
    @BoutThatAction 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My slider looks exactly like this but with nasty slider bite

  • @RoerDaniel
    @RoerDaniel 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    the seemuhration was amazing

  • @kristoffshimada7629
    @kristoffshimada7629 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It took me 10 years to master this Gyroball I have a video throwing it at 960fps super slow motion ⚾

  • @LeonTuMade4
    @LeonTuMade4 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, Now i can fight the 23rd president of USA

  • @hong-nian3685
    @hong-nian3685 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    golden spin rotation ?

  • @JAndre-gb3dm
    @JAndre-gb3dm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lesson 3 Believe in the spin

  • @ventixvertix9632
    @ventixvertix9632 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Goro and sawamura

  • @beanmula4676
    @beanmula4676 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Easy on the arm too good pitch for little league

  • @derekdick7678
    @derekdick7678 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This still hasn’t made it to the league

  • @YadoyFriendsPlays
    @YadoyFriendsPlays 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch ace no diamond

  • @uhhcoolstory5627
    @uhhcoolstory5627 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha cnn

  • @tarnishedStruggler
    @tarnishedStruggler 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah yes, Shigeno Goro's signature pitch.

  • @JoseMendoza-jg8kc
    @JoseMendoza-jg8kc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay but can we talk about how they talking about a baseball that will most likely never be in the mlb, instead of talking about the tiger attack, 2 airmen killed in airport attack, at least 100 dead Fromm fighting Congo, and 2 u.s. soldiers killed by a bomb!!! 😂

  • @Lanse1984
    @Lanse1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pitching coach in the minors had us throw this all the time in place of the changeup

  • @DDEENY
    @DDEENY 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The release and spiral-type spin of a gyroball is similar to a slider. Batters have been known to identify the slider pitch coming towards them by the "circle" in the center of the ball which represents the axis of the spiral spin which differs from a fastball's backspin or a curveball's overspin where the axis of the spin is perpendicular to the direction of flight rather than a slider where the spin's axis is more parallel with the flight's direction. It appears that the gyroball is actually an optical illusion. Johnny Sain invented his "Sain Spinner" as a tool to demonstrate how pitches spin with a given release th-cam.com/video/rZY6_VSl8W0/w-d-xo.html.

  • @TheFunLuvnCRIMINAL
    @TheFunLuvnCRIMINAL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My gyro comes with a soda.

  • @hachiman920
    @hachiman920 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ochinchin

  • @jakejake7579
    @jakejake7579 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow also it’s impossible to rise also what a more colorful way to destroy your arm

  • @danwhitehurst9592
    @danwhitehurst9592 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mike Krukow an ex mlb pitcher and broadcaster for the SF Giants has a great term for the gyro ball( which gives the illusion of a breaking ball that ends up not breaking)In reality it’s when someone hangs a slider. He calls it the cement mixer. It just spins and goes slow and straight. Usually it gets cranked by the batter. People. There are no new pitches. You’ve got a fastball; 4 seam, 2 seam and a cutter. One that goes right , left or straight. Pitches that look like a fast ball but fool you in being slower ( Chang up and split) sliders and curve balls; the same pitch with different amounts of break and speed. A screwball which isnt thrown anymore because a 2 seam change up or good split does the same thing. A knuckle ball that has no spin and breaks unpredictability. And an Ephus; a curve or lobbed pitch around 45-60 mph to throw off the batters timing and perception. That’s it. If anyone wants to mention a rising fastball that’s a 4 seam because it has the most backspin and doesn’t rise it just doesn’t sink on the downward path of the pitcher down the mound. It’s flat but appears to rise in relation to the mound slope.

    • @TheRoadLessChosen
      @TheRoadLessChosen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The slider is not the same as the curve.

    • @TedJones107
      @TedJones107 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sir. If a pitch has pure barrel roll spin, it is not any of the pitches you described. Maybe a backward cutter

  • @msquitad8147
    @msquitad8147 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So a rise ball ...

  • @prometheusfallen
    @prometheusfallen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    No, the ball is NOT "actually rising". 🙄 Not even the ultra-brilliant minds of Japan have figured out a way to literally defy physics and gravity. It's an illusion. Period.

  • @someparts
    @someparts 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    James you better have run with that co-host's compliment!

  • @joshlynch5676
    @joshlynch5676 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:24 did anyone notice how non-descript this news ticker is though? UNLESS IRAN STOPS! Stops what? lmao

  • @koda4247
    @koda4247 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:22 "we slowed it down to save you the embarrassment of watching that in full speed"

  • @gendiety418
    @gendiety418 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Basically a slider

  • @CelticsRoblox
    @CelticsRoblox 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:20 U.S warns of penalties unless Iran stops. Iran stop

  • @Wickedsensations2001
    @Wickedsensations2001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    literly i can only focus on the people dying

  • @alexandregoncalves6066
    @alexandregoncalves6066 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome

  • @Yellowfver783
    @Yellowfver783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chris sale could throw one of these

  • @Dreadpirate2418
    @Dreadpirate2418 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    novice lol you mean someone who has not touch a ball in his life not even his own balls

  • @susystem7901
    @susystem7901 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    well this aged like shit the guy was awful in the mlb

  • @please.stop.coping
    @please.stop.coping 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're an idiot if you think a gyro is a screwball. Its more like an improved running fastball. Screwball is the mirror of slider, flip Daisuke's pitch and it would look like a breaking cutter.

  • @CruceEntertainment
    @CruceEntertainment 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:15 don’t open your stance, step towards the pitcher

  • @pogingsiklista4785
    @pogingsiklista4785 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    goro is that people.

  • @Texas_Squatch
    @Texas_Squatch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    666

  • @LMike2004
    @LMike2004 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Screwball, sinker and curve balls. Is this new?

  • @FYRFOX198
    @FYRFOX198 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    ITS NOT A GYRO BALL, ITS A MATZA BALL....😆😆😆

  • @sydzhen6493
    @sydzhen6493 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What the heck is this?Just admit that’s a terrible slider pitch or what,don’t make things complicated,it doesn’t make you sound better

  • @Rushmore222
    @Rushmore222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hear players say that throwing the baseball 105 mph also tends to make it harder to hit.