@Lighthouse in the Storm Sure, one way to describe an aspect of pitching, in baseball, would be "action at a distance". (You may have heard that term before, applied to other activities.) The pitcher pitches the ball, and depending on his talent, the ball will make dramatic movements (action) near home plate, sixty feet six inches (distance) from the pitcher. This causes the hitter to swing and miss. There are names for the different kinds of movement such as curve or slider, just to name two kinds of pitches. There are numerous videos to explain better than I can about pitching in baseball. I hope you'll look into them. Cheers!
The thing that I respect about pitchers in general is that the overhand throwing motion is unnatural to begin with. But these guys perform this motion as hard as they can, over and over and OVER. Many of them for YEARS. These guys are no joke- the sometimes accidentally beam the batters. Can you imagine getting beamed by a pitcher who INTENTIONALLY tries to hit you?! I remember playing Wall Ball with kids my age who played baseball and when they nailed you it was accurate and painful.
The pitch @6:17 was so nasty, the hitter swung and missed before the ball went through his legs and the catcher nabbed it. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
@@dodgers4life244 That's right. Laugh at what they call a change these days (a 2-seamer, off-speed w/movement) 'cause it's so different from a "straight" change of yore. If I recollect correctly, it was thrown at the ideal moment after heaving gas (~ 94, 95 mph) on several consecutive pitches using the exact same delivery as that 4 seamer but slung about 78 - 80 mph.
Back in the day when we had only three channels and black and white tv’s, there was a debate if the curve ball actually curved on the way to the plate. Baseball players all said the ball did change direction. Others tried to prove it was impossible for a ball going that distance at that speed to curve. That a curve ball was an optical illusion of some sort. High Def. and super slo-mo replays put that argument to rest.
I remember Roger Clemens having some amazing insane pitches. Speaking of insane pitches....can someone tell me who the heck was the Chicago pitcher at 1:13 ? That was one of the most amazing craziest pitches ever. 😳
It's said that, the hardest thing to do in any sport is to hit a baseball. When guys are throwing like this and it makes professional hitters look silly, that's just NASTY.
It would be interesting to see how many pictures are using some type of sticky substance. They use it and get away with it all the time and it makes for better baseball. But less hits
Sht... I have seen a pitch from Tim Wakefield that was so high it looked like it was gonna hit a ceiling fan then went down in slow motion so low that it didn't even reach the plate.....and batter still struck out 😆
Lord a mercy. It's already hard enough to hit a 3-inch ball of cowhide coming at you at 90+ mph with a two-inch stick, but when they're tossing the equivalent of video game cheat codes at you? Much respect for batters who can actually make contact with that and to the pitchers who pull it off! That pitch at 6:18...my god.
My favorite- a pitch by Seattle's Dan Altavilla broke so much that after the Red's Jordan Patterson swung and missed, the pitch continued breaking, went between his legs and was caught by the catcher. Incredible.
You know you're a "nasty" pitcher when you routinely make hitters look silly whether you get 'em swingin' or lookin'. The nastiest pitch I've ever bore witness to was Randy Johnson, "The Big Unit" throwing a 102 mph SLIDER! Who does that?!? Another sign that you're a "nasty" pitcher is that your stuff is so good, your catcher doesn't even have to frame your pitch.
@@jasonduvall9480 That's Where a Pitch is Thrown and the catcher will catch said pitch to "frame" it in the strike zone when often times the pitch is off.
@@markdubois4882 Brother, I'm not talking gas. I'm talking about straight up FILTH! Here's a shock: some non pitchers will make a hitter look absolutely "STOOPID" with an Eephus pitch... a pitch slow in speed, but has enough velocity to get into the strike zone. Think Bugs Bunny's slow pitch. 1. 2. 3 Strikes You're Out!
For someone who played a lot of baseball in the minors in Australia , I truly appreciate the art of these balls. I was no great achiever in the game, and often came on as a relief pitcher. MY fast ball wasn't fast , my curve ball didn't curve, and forget about breakers etc. But I actually enjoyed the challenge of being on the mound, knowing full well I had none of these in the locker. Still did OK, though.
What people often forget,is that the previous pitch is usually what makes the killer pitch unhittable.One of the best two hit sequences I've seen is Alec Manoah throwing back to back pitches almost the same speed,but the first one broke hard and late to one side,the second broke hard and late to the other side.When the videos pitches were overlaid,there was no discernable difference in the delivery or trajectory until about ten feet in front of the plate,but then there was a split,and the two balls crossed the plate almost two feet apart,and hit the catcher's glove almost three feet apart.
Manoah is a freak. Broke in to the Show at 23 and immediately began throwing at near Cy Young caliber and still hasn't had a stretch of bad starts. The evolution of his two-seamer has made him eve more dominant this season. He's been using it as his out pitch a lot this season forcing hitters to have to guess between three pitches instead of two....and, all three of this pitches (4-seam, 2-seam, slider) all look the same out of his hand....which is what I believe you were eluding to in your comment
ROGER CLEMENS' SPLITTER. NASTIEST EVER. Maybe a Lidge Slider before 2005. Mariano Rivera's cutter. Kerry Wood's curveball or rising 4 seam. Or 2 seam. Ben Sheet's curveball. Scherzer's everything.
Piece of Trivia from Australia...Ben Sheets has a unique distinction for a US player. He was the winning pitcher when Tommy Lasorda's boys won the only Gold Medal the US has ever won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
When I was a kid I either wanted to be a pitcher or MLB or a goalie for the NHL. BUT, I couldn't get near the plate with any consistency what so ever and I couldn't skate. Glad I'm flexible with my dreams.
@6:20; The guy swings at a pitch that after he missed it, the catcher stopped it behind the batter AFTER IT WENT BETWEEN THE BATTERS LEGS!! Pitch coming DIRECTLY AT YOUR CORE, you swing & miss & it drops down enough to slip thru the 5 hole, AWESOME PITCHING!!!
I don't watch baseball enough to know who is who, but the Mets pitcher at 1:39 threw a knuckle ball that sizzled in there. Maybe they called it a curve or slider, but it had absolutely no spin on it Helluva nice pitch.
1:16 that's the pitch that got me knocked cold at age 16 in pony league in a game I was pitching in and had a shutout going. It was my first out-of-body experience.
All of these pitches had great movement. But 0:30, are you serious? That pitch was insane....
that cutter (i think) is fucking insane ! mind blowing
@@MikePotvin no that is just a 2 seamer
Looked like pure witchcraft
Doesn't get much nastier than that!
Sticky stuff
1:34 as a kinda sorta baseball fan .... THIS PITCH is why i love this game. Oh, of course double plays as well 😂
Randy Johnson's slider was the nastiest I have ever seen.
That pitch at 0:31 seconds by the Devil Ray, omg, that might be the nastiest pitch I've ever seen.
I came to leave the same comment. I mean Fuck, 99 mph with that movement
Don't know what it is about lefties, but they usually seem to have the most movement on their pitches.
Jose Alvarado 2 seem at 99 was crazy like a backwards cutter
Came to say the same thing wtf was that
Respect to the catchers who caught (most) of these somehow
why is 80% of these pitches against the blue jays
Bro soon as I read this shit the Blue Jays were on 🤣🤣
Vdo was sponsor by the hawks or 😅yeah.)
1:40 That ball had NO SPIN AT ALL. That was surreal!
This level of pitching is what helps make baseball baseball. Nuttin' like it.
@Lighthouse in the Storm Sure, one way to describe an aspect of pitching, in baseball, would be "action at a distance". (You may have heard that term before, applied to other activities.) The pitcher pitches the ball, and depending on his talent, the ball will make dramatic movements (action) near home plate, sixty feet six inches (distance) from the pitcher. This causes the hitter to swing and miss. There are names for the different kinds of movement such as curve or slider, just to name two kinds of pitches. There are numerous videos to explain better than I can about pitching in baseball. I hope you'll look into them. Cheers!
The thing that I respect about pitchers in general is that the overhand throwing motion is unnatural to begin with. But these guys perform this motion as hard as they can, over and over and OVER. Many of them for YEARS. These guys are no joke- the sometimes accidentally beam the batters. Can you imagine getting beamed by a pitcher who INTENTIONALLY tries to hit you?! I remember playing Wall Ball with kids my age who played baseball and when they nailed you it was accurate and painful.
The pitch @6:17 was so nasty, the hitter swung and missed before the ball went through his legs and the catcher nabbed it. I don't think I've ever seen that before.
Came here for this comment👍🏼
nastiest pitch i've ever seen is still dustin may's 100mph 4 seam fastball that broke 18 inches sideways.
4 seams travel straight. Pitches like the sinker/two-seam, cutters, and running fastballs move a ton
@@dodgers4life244 That's right. Laugh at what they call a change these days (a 2-seamer, off-speed w/movement) 'cause it's so different from a "straight" change of yore. If I recollect correctly, it was thrown at the ideal moment after heaving gas (~ 94, 95 mph) on several consecutive pitches using the exact same delivery as that 4 seamer but slung about 78 - 80 mph.
Damn the movement were unreal, I love it, I throw a knuckleball, but nothing like these guys.
1:03 worst swing in the 150 year history of MLB. Lol.
bruh even the commentator couldn’t hold his laugh in 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Back in the day when we had only three channels and black and white tv’s, there was a debate if the curve ball actually curved on the way to the plate. Baseball players all said the ball did change direction. Others tried to prove it was impossible for a ball going that distance at that speed to curve. That a curve ball was an optical illusion of some sort. High Def. and super slo-mo replays put that argument to rest.
Yall don’t understand how insanely difficult these throws are
Good lord that pitch by Roe was insane love
I remember Roger Clemens having some amazing insane pitches.
Speaking of insane pitches....can someone tell me who the heck was the Chicago pitcher at 1:13 ? That was one of the most amazing craziest pitches ever. 😳
I think Michael Bowden ..pitched for the Red Sox early on ...not sure though.
Brad Wieck
It's said that, the hardest thing to do in any sport is to hit a baseball. When guys are throwing like this and it makes professional hitters look silly, that's just NASTY.
It’s amazing that ANYONE can ever get a hit, after watching this!
This is INSANE! : O
It would be interesting to see how many pictures are using some type of sticky substance. They use it and get away with it all the time and it makes for better baseball. But less hits
98-100 mph with movement? F this I'm going home 😂
The difference between college and pros.
Probably not gonna see pitches like this for a while with the crackdown on spider tack and other crap.
You have guys like Jordan Lyles, Tommy Kahnle, Josh Tomlin, and Rick Porcello but not a single pitch from Scherzer or deGrom?
Mariano Rivara.......enough said
This video is absolute filth! I loved it :D
6:19 WTF BETWEEN THE LEGS
The second pitch..at about 0:29 in. My favorite
1:12 thumbnail
Imagine them with a blitzball
That swing by the Yankees player was the worst I have ever seen. Lol.
Man oh man
Send the skill out of the park
gotta love those backward K's
4:35.....how in the 😮how?!?😅
Why are there cutouts of people as the audience lol.
Boy, those are nasty pitches
I actually ducked on a couple of those pitches.
0:03 some illegal substance isnt it?
And this is why the traditional ‘top ten’ has hardly ten .300 hitters
Where's Marianos sawed off cutter????
The problem with baseball.... The fans never see the ball and the most exciting version of the game is when nobody hits the ball
Sht... I have seen a pitch from Tim Wakefield that was so high it looked like it was gonna hit a ceiling fan then went down in slow motion so low that it didn't even reach the plate.....and batter still struck out 😆
1:06 gyroball !?
This are nasty
Great grammar
@@flaresportsentertainment858 bro is grammar patrol
@@flaresportsentertainment858 ok this is nasty
nothing in reality is unreal
A country being 100 trillion in debt and no body cares is unreal .
keep pitchin lol's
Bring up thumbs down for TH-cam commercials
Mlb good boyz
@01:03 🤣😂🤣
You know it's a nasty pitch when it makes pros look like they've never swung a bat before. 🥶
6:25 did that go between the batters legs? Great video btw.
Yup, thrown by Dan Altavilla of the Mariners; never saw THAT one before.
Like a whiffle ball going 95 mph
More like a Blitzball.
You should watch MLW wiffle ball on youtube
@@Demsportsguys224 Okay, seriously, why do people take Whiffle Ball more seriously than Blitzball? The Blitzball does crazier things.
@@dalethelander3781 what is it with you and blitz balls?
@@dalethelander3781 because wiffle ball is older and you can hit with it being a home run or pop up
Lord a mercy. It's already hard enough to hit a 3-inch ball of cowhide coming at you at 90+ mph with a two-inch stick, but when they're tossing the equivalent of video game cheat codes at you? Much respect for batters who can actually make contact with that and to the pitchers who pull it off! That pitch at 6:18...my god.
2 inch stick?
The essence and beauty of the game starts with pitching, not hitting. I always admire quality pitching when watching a ballgame.
I mean yeah hitters are at best successful 3/10 times.. it’s not pretty or exciting unless you love the art of pitching
6:21 bro he just nonchalantly backhanded it between his legs!! 🤜🤛👍🙋🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤦♂️🌿
My favorite- a pitch by Seattle's Dan Altavilla broke so much that after the Red's Jordan Patterson swung and missed, the pitch continued breaking, went between his legs and was caught by the catcher. Incredible.
It was featured at 6:20
Crazy af
You know you're a "nasty" pitcher when you routinely make hitters look silly whether you get 'em swingin' or lookin'. The nastiest pitch I've ever bore witness to was Randy Johnson, "The Big Unit" throwing a 102 mph SLIDER! Who does that?!? Another sign that you're a "nasty" pitcher is that your stuff is so good, your catcher doesn't even have to frame your pitch.
What does it mean, "frame your pitch" please?
@@jasonduvall9480 That's Where a Pitch is Thrown and the catcher will catch said pitch to "frame" it in the strike zone when often times the pitch is off.
Don't forget.....Nolan Ryan had more gas in his pitches than anyone else, Bob Feller was a very close second.
@@markdubois4882 Brother, I'm not talking gas. I'm talking about straight up FILTH! Here's a shock: some non pitchers will make a hitter look absolutely "STOOPID" with an Eephus pitch... a pitch slow in speed, but has enough velocity to get into the strike zone. Think Bugs Bunny's slow pitch. 1. 2. 3 Strikes You're Out!
@@BetheasByteReloaded Eephus.....I throw a 32 mph corkscrew based on the screwball. Up and out at first, crash and burn in on the right handed batters
For someone who played a lot of baseball in the minors in Australia , I truly appreciate the art of these balls. I was no great achiever in the game, and often came on as a relief pitcher. MY fast ball wasn't fast , my curve ball didn't curve, and forget about breakers etc. But I actually enjoyed the challenge of being on the mound, knowing full well I had none of these in the locker. Still did OK, though.
There are very few videos that I watch more than once but this was an exception.
Almost feel sorry for the batters.
1:58 what are u supposed to do with that 😂
What people often forget,is that the previous pitch is usually what makes the killer pitch unhittable.One of the best two hit sequences I've seen is Alec Manoah throwing back to back pitches almost the same speed,but the first one broke hard and late to one side,the second broke hard and late to the other side.When the videos pitches were overlaid,there was no discernable difference in the delivery or trajectory until about ten feet in front of the plate,but then there was a split,and the two balls crossed the plate almost two feet apart,and hit the catcher's glove almost three feet apart.
Manoah is a freak.
Broke in to the Show at 23 and immediately began throwing at near Cy Young caliber and still hasn't had a stretch of bad starts.
The evolution of his two-seamer has made him eve more dominant this season.
He's been using it as his out pitch a lot this season forcing hitters to have to guess between three pitches instead of two....and, all three of this pitches (4-seam, 2-seam, slider) all look the same out of his hand....which is what I believe you were eluding to in your comment
Some of those pitches moved like whiffle balls… and the knuckle ball was sick.
That 2seam (I think) fastball by Alvarado is the nastiest pitch ever imo (EVER!)
At 6:19, that is the first time I ever saw a batter chase a pitch that went between his legs. Completely fooled the batter.
I remember once byung hyun kim striked out a batter by hitting his dick lmao
syndergaard’s changeup at 2:45 looks like a lefty slider. insane break
Agreed. It’s looks like a screw ball almost.
No Adam Wainwright. There is a reason why his nickname is Uncle Charlie and that is because of his curve.
1:38 no spin
Knuckle
This video should be “TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE”
I could watch a video of just Kershaw, sale, and millers sliders. also Wakefields knuckle and greinkes eephus
Verlander's 12-6 curve ball is pretty sick, too.
1:00 Todd Frazier will always be the funniest
sogi is bad
ROGER CLEMENS' SPLITTER. NASTIEST EVER. Maybe a Lidge Slider before 2005. Mariano Rivera's cutter. Kerry Wood's curveball or rising 4 seam. Or 2 seam. Ben Sheet's curveball. Scherzer's everything.
Piece of Trivia from Australia...Ben Sheets has a unique distinction for a US player. He was the winning pitcher when Tommy Lasorda's boys won the only Gold Medal the US has ever won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Nolan Ryan's fastball and curve, Tim Wakefield and his knuckleball.
A lot of these were before they started checking for stickum. Look at the high rotation rates on breaking pitches.
0:30 I'll forever think that Alvarado one at 99 to Blackmon is the nastiest pitch ever
As Crash Davis said " The show they got ungodly stuff " and these guy's sure do just amazing!!
Has to be sticky stuff
Exactly
I wonder how many of these were actually thrown without the sticky stuff.
at 7:33 Kershaw's delivery is so weird i feel like they could almost call a balk on him
1:11
Wonder how many of these were in the sticky hand / ball era?
When I was a kid I either wanted to be a pitcher or MLB or a goalie for the NHL. BUT, I couldn't get near the plate with any consistency what so ever and I couldn't skate. Glad I'm flexible with my dreams.
Whiffle ball is spot on. These pitches are dream killers
I wasn't into baseball that much but great to see how good the Ball players really are thanks
How bout Tom candioti knuckle ball..it was nasty
Chaz Roe will forever be one of my fav pitchers for this exact reason
As Crash Davis said " The show they got ungodly stuff " and this guy's sure do just amazing!!
And they wonder why the cracked down on foreign substances. Lol
@6:20; The guy swings at a pitch that after he missed it, the catcher stopped it behind the batter AFTER IT WENT BETWEEN THE BATTERS LEGS!! Pitch coming DIRECTLY AT YOUR CORE, you swing & miss & it drops down enough to slip thru the 5 hole, AWESOME PITCHING!!!
6:21 That ball went between his legs!
What a grab by the catcher, lol
4:54 내가 좋아하는 크리스 세일
これ打ては理不尽きわまりない
I don't watch baseball enough to know who is who, but the Mets pitcher at 1:39 threw a knuckle ball that sizzled in there. Maybe they called it a curve or slider, but it had absolutely no spin on it Helluva nice pitch.
1:16 that's the pitch that got me knocked cold at age 16 in pony league in a game I was pitching in and had a shutout going. It was my first out-of-body experience.
First?
bruh 1:03 is so funny that man lost his brain cells for a second 🤣🤣🤣
0:30 was so nasty, they showed it again at 6:28 lol
2:16 garbage gets his 8th strike out
the broadcaster probably pronounced his name as garbage i am not making fun of him
His name is Yu Darvish but I can see why you heard garbage
The pitcher's last name is Darvish
And people say baseball isn’t the hardest sport
TOTALLY WITHOUT ANY ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES riiiight😂
Some world class framing by a couple catchers in this video.
Not much framing required when you're swinging out of your shoes at a rumor.
Fans on Nasty Pitches: "Damn You Nasty"
Pitchers throwing Nasty Pitches: I Don't Care!"