But see, we take for granted what these pro-athletes do at the pro level. Most full grown average adult men would be lucky to sniff 75mph just throwing a fastball. :p
@@HWEWSWEW knuckleballs arent really held with "knuckles" its held by the nails of your fingertips on the seams n when u throw it u push off with the fingertips resulting in idk where its gonna go movement n thats why its slower n has lower spin rate...
William Jordan these aren’t fast pitches that is what I meant, these pitches are special because of the ball movement (obviously there has to be some speed to create the effect on seen rotation) but these are Nolan Ryan fast balls coming in at 105+. If you watch the ones with radar these are in the 80s with a few of the knuckle balls dropping lower than that! You knew exactly what I meant when I posted
Those are all “breaking balls” which are curveballs, sliders, sinkers etc. They aren’t very fast actually compared to fastballs which are much much faster
Itsscottybruh true true. Any movement will typically slow the ball down from just a straight 4 seamer. Just clarifying that it isn’t technically a breaking ball
@@lucasscott6984 Not really, Jordan Hick regularly throws 100+mph sinkers. It just depends on pitcher to pitcher. If i remember correctly, for the past few years, Aroldis Chapman's fastest pitch by Average speed was a sinker and not four seam FB.
Not true for a knuckle ball pitcher. Nobody knows where the ball is going to go, not even the pitcher. As ex-catcher , Bob Uecher, said : " It's easy the catch a knuckle ball, you wait for it to stop rolling and pick it up. "
That's not really why they make it look easy. They've just caught hundreds of thousands if not millions of balls in their life. I think Luka is just in awe they're catching pitches with such speed and movement without trouble.
@@Feed_The_Fink It's literally in the title of every one of his videos. "British Soccer fan" reacts. Go watch some Americans reacting to top Football/Soccer plays. They're just as baffled. :p
@@davidlafleche1142 the original knuckle ball pitchers back in the dead ball era did use their knuckles. The fingertips method is a later innovation (Hoyt Willhelm maybe?)
As a catcher in college I hated the knuckleball, so of course as luck would have it, one of our starting pitchers was a budding Phil Niekro. Well hate may be a strong word, but with bases loaded and two outs...you prefer to not have to guess where the pitch is gonna land.
Rob Tintelnot Harder to do on a consistent basis. You aren’t supposed to get a hole-in-one all the time, but you are supposed to hit the baseball consistently
hard for who? average person yes, a designated hitter no. If we are going by average person then I would put many things as being much harder....dunking on Shaq....defending a nfl receiver.....fighting mike tyson....
@@waffles824 if it's not hard to do then they would be hitting closer to .500 wouldn't they? Surely you should be able to do something every other attempt if it isn't hard to do?
To be fair, the camera angle being behind the pitcher makes it hard for (anyone really but especially) an untrained eye to judge speed. A side angle, like looking at the pitcher and catcher from left to right (like if you were sitting in the dugout areas of a game) make off speed pitcher and fast balls a lot more noticeable.
Throwing a curveball like that is really normal, react to Kerry Wood 20 strikeout game if you want to see one of the best pitching performances of all time
Why not send him to a Hall of Famer like Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux, Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson etc for one of their great games instead of recomminding Kerry Wood. Gonna have him walking away thinking Kerry Wood is a GOAT.
@@thomasdemay9805 I mean yea but in terms of pure nastiness (like this vodeo) there was no one more worth watching than Kid K. Besides we all know he would have been the next Nolan Ryan anyway if he stayed healthy. He had GOAT talent at least. I made a post too recommending Randy Johnson, Chris Sale, Darvish, Kershaw, Chapman. Honestly I dont think a newbie would appreciate Maddux as much. He would need to watch him pitch a whole game, his "stuff" wasn't why he was so good.
I batted Lefty in little league. Every game, some 10-12 year old throwing as hard as he can against a batter he has no idea how to face. My OBP was ridiculous but by 5th grade I was like "fuck this" and started playing football. Wayyyyyyy less bruises
Yeah, I went through that phase after moving up a league in Middle School. It can be scary when facing actually good pitchers for the first time. And I've seen other people stop playing from being afraid/unable to bat against good pitchers.
Yeah when I play on a park and recreation team for my town when I was 10 I got hit my a 50mph pitch (which was really fast) and I cried on my way to first base😂😂
I was 11 one season and got hit with a 55 mph ball, very slow but hurt my sore foot at the time and my coach demanded i steal second, best season of my life
Time for a pitching info dump. I'm describing pitches from a right handed pitcher, so just reverse it for lefties where directions are concerned. I'll be using the 12 hour clock to describe ball movement. Fastball is just what it says on the tin. Speeds average 90 to 95 mile per hour or so, but 101 or 102 isn't out of the question. The companion to this is called a Change Up. It looks exactly like a fastball when it leaves the pitchers hand, but winds up 10 or even 15 mph slower. They gear up for speed. You slow it down. The Curveball is one of the most popular breaking pitches. The spin on the ball makes it break roughly 12 to 6 or 1 to 7. A Slider, instead breaks on a more flat plane. Like 2 to 9. Both are usually in the 85 mph range. Last one (for now) is the Splitter. 90 mph or so, looks exactly like a fastball, until it gets three feet in front of home plate, at which point it drops off the freakin table and goes straight down. There are others, but these are the most popular pitches by far, and I don't want to hit you with too much. Happy viewing!
This is a great description of pitches. I would add this about strategy: much of pitching is about deception. Is the pitcher going to throw a fastball? Where is the fastball located...up by the chest, down by the knees, close to the batter, away from the batter? Like you said, a change-up is designed to LOOK like a fastball coming out of the pitchers hand, but is actually going 12-20 MPH slower. A curve ball is designed to make the batter think that the ball is going to one spot, but ends up somewhere else. "Hey, this ball is going outside, so I'm not going to swing." The ball ends up over the plate for a strike. Or "Hey, this ball is going right over the plate, so I'll swing!" and the ball ends up in the dirt, almost hitting your back foot. Then again, sometimes a pitcher just throws a straight fast ball over the plate at 98 MPH and says "Hit it if you can." God, I can't wait for baseball season to start!
@@echoes1451 Me too brother. I can't remember who, but there was one pitch I saw that looked like it was going to hit the guy in the head when it came out of his hand. It moved. He swung. The ball hit him in the back foot. Unreal.
You're welcome! I'm so excited that you referenced my comment in your video! To be clear, I wasn't offended by your use of cricket terms; I do love the red-ball game myself. I just wanted to help facilitate your American sports education! I'm a huge fan, I love your channel; keep up the great work! You asked at one point about what makes an excellent pitching performance. There are three types of milestone games for pitchers. One is a complete game, in which he pitches the whole game, rather than be replaced by a relief pitcher in the late innings; it usually only happens if he's doing well. The second is a no-hitter. As the name implies, it's a complete game in which no opposing runner gets a hit. They can still get on base other ways, like being walked or being hit by the pitch. The third is a perfect game. It's a complete game in which no opposing runner gets on base, at all. It is the crowning glory of pitching achievements. There have only been 23 perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball.
1:38 No, that's Hunter Pence, he never looks ready to hit anything 1:56 Actually, a pitch like that will get hit more often than you think 2:33 No, that's not a very well known performance, he actually didn't do that good in that game 5:34 They do, they wear cups that protect the area (but not well.) 7:55 At first it doesn't look like a strike, then it drops into the zone 8:36 Definitely falling down while swinging, definitely 9:10 No, some pitchers throw like that, it limits pitch speed though 11:31 Nope, that's one of the slower pitches. It's called a knuckleball, they are thrown slow with minimal spin in order to maximize movement
None of this stuff is complicated or uncommon knowledge so calling the dude a know-it-all is funny because this is more like knowing 2+2 and there is still a lot to learn beyond lol
It was named after white sox pitcher whos nickname was knuckles.Its interesting that even in soccer if a player kicks the ball and it doesnt rotate they call it a knuckle ball.
Monka S ...and knuckleballs defy the laws of physics. The ball moves randomly and is even hard for the catcher to glove. Trying to hit that pitch is very frustrating.
@@blippacg they don't defy the laws of physics, the seams catch the air differently each time you throw it which is why they move so weird. laws of physics can't be broken, just fyi
7:55 The thing about curve balls is that they're usually around 78 - 88mph with movement, whereas a fastball is 92 - 100mph and more in a straight line. When you see the batters buckle, it's usually because they were expecting a fastball, and got a slower pitch (off-speed pitch) with much more movement. Because the batter has such little time to react, the expectation vs. reality causes a little brain fart, not allowing them to process what's happening in time to swing the bat.
The reason they don’t swing is because the batter thinks the pitch is going to be outside of the strike zone, but then the ball curves back into the strike zone and it’s too late to start a swing.
@@trulslemon9293 if you dont like it and think its boring because your a 4 year old with no attention span than fine, don't watch, but theres plenty of us who do enjoy it, he obviously has no idea what going on so theres no better way to learn than by watching, i basically learned how cricket works in an hour just by watching and looking up some rules, im just suggesting he do the same for baseball
There are many different types of pitches and pitchers. Some pitchers have a large repertoire of pitches and some throw just a few but throw them so well they're able to excel. Baseball isn't my favorite sport but here's my understanding of the basic pitches. I'm sure if I get something wrong others will correct me. Fastball: The basic pitch everyone throws. It's hard and fairly straight. The faster a pitcher is able to throw a fastball the harder it is for a batter to catch up to it. Speed is important for a good fast ball but so is location. The hardest fastballs can be hit by major league hitters if they're thrown straight down the middle of the plate. Curveball: Many of the pitches shown in this clip are curveballs. It's a slower pitch with a big break (or curve) to it. The movement and the speed difference from the fast ball make it a difficult pitch to hit. As with all pitches location within the strike zone is important. Curveballs that start high but drop in the middle of the zone can be hit a long way. The best curveballs usually start at a height that is enticing for the batter but then drop below the optimal hitting area. Change Up: This is a pitch that's supposed to look to the batter like it's a fastball but it's actually slower so it fools the batter into swinging too early. Along with being slower than a fastball there is often some late movement to the pitch that makes it harder to hit. Slider: Like the curveball this is a breaking pitch. It's faster than a curveball and the break is usually later. Curveballs tend to have a more vertical break and the slider break tends to be more horizontal. Knuckleball: This used to be more common than it is today. The pitcher holds the ball with a strange fingertip grip that causes the ball to break in an unpredictable way. This is a slower pitch. Split-finger fastball: Similar to a slider but the break tends to be more vertical. When a split-finger fastball works well the batter thinks it's a fastball but as they swing the ball takes a sharp break downwards. Hope this helps and I hope others correct or add on to it.
Other comments already explained the spin and how the catcher coordinates with the pitcher, but there’s something else worth mentioning. There’s a cat and mouse game with the batter and pitcher as well. Professional players can perceive the spin on a baseball and, within fractions of a second, recognize the type of pitch. That is why when a pitcher is “in the stretch” (when they have their foot on the mound and positioned to wind up) they keep the ball either on their back thigh or in their mitt/glove. The pitcher at the 9:37 mark in the blue uniform is Jake Arrieta. He is one of the better pitchers in the MLB, especially because his form when he throws the ball causes it to remain out of view for much of his delivery. The batter has an extremely difficult time recognizing the spin
It was immensely satisfying to see a Brit be genuinely taken aback by a submarine pitching motion. That gave me a good chuckle. Keep these up!!! And yeah, that term "knuckleball" in soccer? it came from baseball pitchers, who used their knuckles to throw a ball with little to no spin, in order to make it do unpredictable movements. Cheers from the US!
Glad you're enjoying the sport! Starting this past year (2019) they started to play one series every season in London. Should check out a live game you'd love it. I went to it, and had a great time. It's called the MLB London Series if you ever want to look into it.
You keep saying "imagine if that hit someone." You should react to MLB Headshots. It's pretty rough viewing if you're squeamish about injuries, but you'll be able to really see the speed and power of the ball. Also, yes. Almost all catchers (and many batters) do wear testicle protection.
Hello there! I stumbled across your videos a few days ago and am really enjoying them. Mostly the ones about baseball, which is really the only sport I watch. It's a lot of fun with your commentary and questions.
sometimes batters are expecting a different pitch than what the pitcher throws so they get caught off guard and don't swing or they swing very awkwardly lol
Can you react to baseball brawls. Also when you said is it the best pitching performances. It’s not. Not even close, people throw pitches like that almost every batter.
Hey man, love the videos, but I’m gonna clear some things up for you. So the most basic pitch in baseball is a four-seem fastball. A powerful pitcher can throw a four-seemer anywhere from 95-105 mph. Most pitchers don’t usually throw that hard, because it puts enormous strain on the arm, and they would tire too quickly. Most of the pitches you see here are breaking balls. Breaking balls are balls that are thrown with different grips and wrist movements. I curveball is a ball that looks like a fastball at first, but then drops down a little bit. A slider is a ball that breaks down and away from a right handed hitter. A sinker will break down and towards a right handed hitter. A splitter breaks down suddenly before reaching the plate. A change up is slower than a fastball, but it’s thrown with the same arm movement as one, so it often fools hitters. A cut-fast ball breaks away from a right handed hitter, and usually ends at a spot that’s really difficult to hit, resulting in a lot of ground balls and pop-ups. I know this is all a bit confusing, but if you look up baseball pitches illustrated, you can see what I’m talking about. I also recommend watching Justin Verlander, Mariano Rivera, Madison Bumgarner, and Clayton Kershaw pitching performances. The best single game pitching performance in recent memory would probably be Kerry Wood’s 20 strike-out game. I highly recommend you react to that.
When a batter doesn't even swing at the ball, it's for one of two reasons: 1) He thinks it will be out of the strike zone, which is the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and his armpit. In that area, it's presumed that a skilled batter should be able to hit the ball. Or ... 2) The batter thinks the pitch will be in the strike zone, but there's no way he'll be able to hit it. Batters sometimes will let balls go past, but almost never to cause a thrird strike. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Each team has 9 players at any one time. If someone is replaced for some reason (tactical or injury) he's out of the game, and his team continues with the new player. The offense bats the ball and tries to make runs, The defense, which includes the pitcher and fielders, tries to keep the offense from doing that. The pitcher's job is to fool the batter into missing the ball, either because the batter thinks the ball is in the strike zone when it's not, or that the batter thinks he can hit the ball when he can't. If the batter swings at a ball in the strike zone, or if the batter doesn't swing but the pitcher has thrown a ball in the strike zone, that's called a strike. Three strikes and the batter is out. Each team gets three outs per inning. You can also make an out if you hit the ball, and a fielder catches it before it hits the ground. The batter's job is to hit the ball and get to a base without a fielder getting the ball there first. Sometimes batters will "take one for the team", and be out at a base, but advance another runner who's already on base. If a batter touches all four bases (first, second, third, and home), his team gets a run. The game is not timed - after 9 innings (i.e., both teams getting three chances to make an out 9 times each) whoever has the most runs wins. There are other ways to get on base, other ways to score, and other rules, but that's the basic game.
a good key to learning is that there is no such thing as a stupid question. keep up the great work! loads of ideas but you're doing great at your own pace.
It's even more amazing when one realizes one is viewing these wicked curves and sliders in two dimensions. On a screen, it looks more up and down than side to side, rather than both at once...
Th Pitcher-Catcher combination is called the Battery, and while there aren't any game stats for the combo, fans recognize batteries that work, those that don't. A good catcher is an assistant pitching coach who can talk a pitcher through difficulty and also studies the opposing batters looking for "tells" and traits that can be taken advantage of. Thats why the batters are caught flat footed. The catcher sees his stance, knows he's looking for a particular pitch (you can only hit a major league fast ball if you start swinging before the pitcher has released the ball) and many . The game "inside baseball" is constant deception and efforts to make the other guy show his hand first
The catcher really doesn’t get any credit for catching.. sometimes for saving a bad pitch. They know where the pitch is going to be and have done it thousands of times. Love the vids mate, greetings from Athens, Georgia. Go Dawgs.
@@counterfit5 exactly why r.a. dickey perferred one catcher and so did tim wakefield.... then again greg maddux perferred the backup catcher to the starter catcher when he pitched...
Love watching your reaction viedos. As a baseball coach here in the U.S. I have been coaching for almost 20 years at the High School level. I also coach a travel team at the Middle School level. I have sent many young athletes to college on scholarships and have some that have played at the professional level. If you ever desire a trip to the states during the baseball season (April - September) i would be happy to take you around and teach you about baseball and take you to some game at the High School, College and Professional level and even let you meet some of the players. Baseball is the toughest there is. The toughest task in all of sports is hitting a pitched baseball. You're trying to hit a round object with a round object. Unlike Cricket where the paddle is flat.
To answer a couple of your questions the "break" is the movement of the ball that is caused by the rotation of the laces on the ball thru the air. A typical curve ball will be thrown with foward rotation, and if thrown well the ball will break downward just before reaching the plate, thus the batter will think it's going to be a high ball and it will break into the strike zone for a strike or it looks like it's going straight to the strike zone and the batter will swing and it will break down and batter swings over it. Many different pitches with different breaks and speeds.
The pitcher at 3:12 is a guy named R.A. Dickey. He was known for his amazing signature "knuckleball" that is pretty self explanatory. The ball doesn't spin as it goes through the air, and it usually has some crazy movements on it that totally fool the hitter. This guy won National league Cy Young (baseballs best pitcher) in 2012. He's retired now, but he was pretty good
Geez you know nothing about baseball but I’m happy to see you excited about it and enjoying it!! The fact you were thinking “knuckleball” was a football term first had me laughing
Most of these pitches r breaking pitches, which is where the pitcher imparts spin on the ball as he is throwing it so it will move in an unnatural way. As a batter, it’s hard to tell a pitch like that apart from a fastball in the split second u get to see the pitch, and batters need to have highly trained vision. The fact that u r so blown away by the speed of these breaking balls just gets me even more excited for u to watch a video where it is a compilation of pitches over 100 mph, I think u would really enjoy that!
To drop some knowledge, what you saw was primarily breaking balls (curveballs, sliders, slurves, knuckle curveballs and screwballs). The slower other slower pitches are changeups, knuckleball(pitcher throws the ball while gripping it with his knuckles instead of his fingers) and eephus pitches.
Pitching is so much fun! I used to throw hard curve balls right at RH batters' shoulder. Often they would jump back or duck thinking it would hit them, but it would cut right into the bullseye of the catchers mit. I had so much fun with that lol
the reason they don't swing is because there is a zone the ball has to be in to be considered a strike if it is outside that zone, it is considered a "ball", if the pitcher throws 4 "balls" the batter gets to walk to first base. So when the ball appears to be outside the zone, the batter thinks it will be a "ball" so he doesn't swing...then a breaking ball type of pitch will change direction and end up inside that "strike" zone.
Good that you are learning. Don't worry about making mistakes, we would all make mistakes regarding anything new we would be learning. Take it from me, a former classroom teacher of 8 years, you are doing fine. Keep up the good work learning new things.
Hi Luka, We enjoy every minute with you. Amazing what the ball will do when released with such intense "English". Those batters who don't swing have already decided that the ball is not hitable. Surprise ! Thank you Luka from Arizona, USA
The high one at 10:15 is called an Ephus pitch. The fastest pitcher ever was a minor leaguer in the late '50s or early '60s. He could throw a 105 mph fastball but had almost no control of location. He once threw a no-hitter but lost 10-9 due to walks and wild pitches. He once threw a pitch that hit and broke the catchers mask then bounced up and hit the umpire's mask, knocking him out and flat on his back.
First thing Protection: Helmet is armored over the ear facing the pitcher. Some batters wear a pad or guard over the joints facing the pitcher; elbow, knee and/or ankle. Also standard for ALL players is the cup; armored shell “cupping” the genitals. Some great pitching clips would be Randy Johnson vs the bird, knuckle ball pitchers, sidearm pitchers, submarine pitches, Nolan Ryan ( 7 no hitters, riding exercise bike during interview after his last one), pitchers intimidating batters, pitcher retaliation (there are unwritten rules that are respected) and fastest pitchers. For a good baseball movie to help with pitcher/catcher relationship and general baseball fun “Bull Durham”. As far as swinging and falling versus not swinging, personal choice there. Would you swing for the fence or stand and hope it all works out? Where you looking at a pitch that was coming for you and broke away at the last minute? Did the batter before you or your pitcher disrespect your opponent? Was it “out of the box”, not in your strike zone, not in what the home plate umpire would consider to be your strike zone? Lots of factors at play. No side posts and crossbar here and a split second to read the ball and determine what to do. Have fun with the research and definitely find people to talk to about it. That is where the real game is for the spectators, plenty of time to chat while waiting for things to unfold.
That movement is so effective because pitchers go from 100 mph to 60’s and 70’s. That speed difference makes it so hard for the batter to hit it. Most homeruns are hit off of fastballs (the pitches that go the fastest) because the momentum of the fast pitch with the fast swing of the bat leads to more force and energy being put back into the ball
I was a pitcher from childhood until I was 18 in high school. Id recommend looking into the lingo of the different pitch typee (I.e. sinker, splitter, slider, two steamer, curveball, knuckle ball etc.) Catcher is expected to catch most pitches, if not they must keep it in front of them and block it so that runners on base cant advance to the next base
To fully comprehend the wizardry that these pitches contain, you’d have to know what it’s like to stand in the batter’s box. Seeing a tight curveball when you’re expecting a fastball will have you more confused than an audience at a magic show.
Spinrate for fastball and curveball and sloder will all be around the same ball park of 2200 to 2500 however its the different grips and pronation (release method) of the wrist that will cause the ball to have seperate speeds. More movement less speed
That Japanese pitcher towards the end of the video has a submarine pitching style. It's one of the four main styles of pitching you'll see in the game. The other three are a conventional over-the-top throw, sidearm, and 3/4 sidearm (between OTT and S).
Most people would agree that Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game is the best single game Pitching performance in the modern era (since 1920) -- he matched an MLB record for strikeouts in a game, while completely shutting down a first-place team with at least two future hall of gamers in the lineup
I used to play baseball, and when facing a good curveball pitcher, the ball looks like it's coming right at your head when you see it out of their hand. I can remember when I was about 13, our coach, who was a former fringe MLB pitcher, would throw us some filthy MLB-caliber curveballs just for fun during batting practice. I remember jumping out of the way because I was sure it was coming right at my head... but it ended up breaking over the lower outside corner for a strike, every time.
The most amazing thing is the batter has no idea what is coming and for the few times that they make solid contact and hit an extra base hit is amazing
Some have mentioned it, but they can throw various types of pitches ranging from around 60-70 MPH up to 105-ish MPH. Off-speed pitches (chang-ups, curve-balls, drop-balls, screwballs, etc.) are slower and may break in, out, down or not at all depending on what spin the pitcher puts on the ball. Other pitches (sliders, split-fingers) will nearly be the speed of a fastball but may break up, in, out or down. Even with fastballs, while they are the fastest of pitches, the best pitchers will have some sort of natural movement to them based on their release. The best do what they can to make the release of all of their pitches look the same, so the batter has to either guess right (from pre-scouting tendencies or cheating) or determine the pitch type, speed, and location between the time it's released and the time it crosses the plate. When they guess wrong, that's when you see the batter falling all over themselves. I'm not a huge baseball fan, but there's not much denying that getting a major league hit, let alone home run, is probably the most difficult task in all of professional sports.
There are a lot of things that make a pitcher "good". Speed is important, but it takes a back seat to some other tools. Some pitchers specialize in getting batters to hit the ball on the ground. Other pitchers try to get batters to hit the ball straight up, or up enough for an easy catch. There are 2 types of pitchers. Starting pitchers and Relief Pitchers. In a 9 inning game, a starting pitcher usually pitches 5-7 innings. Usually one relief pitchers comes in per inning after that. An average fastball from a staring pitcher is about 92-95 mph. An average fastball from a reliever is about 95-100 mph. Sequencing is very important. This has to do with throwing some pitches faster and some pitches slower with more movement. The goal is to mess up the batters timing. If you throw a fastball, then a changeup, the batter may swing before the changeup reaches the plate. Most changeups are thrown about 10-15 mph slower than a pitchers fastball.
Typically, if a batter strikes out, it's better to strike out swinging at the pitch than just standing there watching it go by. But, if the pitch is so good that it fools him into thinking it's going to be a fastball instead of a curveball (or vice versa), then it's understandable. Sometimes you see the batter frozen like a deer in the headlights because he got fooled so badly. Love it.
At the 11:29 mark, that pitch is a knuckleball. It is, by far, the slowest pitch thrown and very few pitchers have the ability to throw it correctly. It's velocity is usually between 45-55 mph, but because there is very little spin, the ball kind of floats unpredictably. It's the toughest pitch to have to catch as well because no two knuckleballs have the same flight pattern.
One of the best pitching performances ever is Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout game versus the Houston Astros. I believe it was only the fifth start of his career and he shut down the batters, which had three quite good hitters that couldn’t touch him. The major league record for strikeouts in a game for one player is 21 I believe, so he was one off as a rookie. You should totally react to it!
The first stat on screen that you went back and looked at was revolutionz per minute. How the ball is held on the stiching as its thrown and the direction of the spin cause the ball to catch the wind in different ways to get movement up, down or sideways. The pitch you originally thought hit the ground was used to get the hand into a certain position for spin in a certain way. Second stat was miles per hour.
In baseball a pitcher grips the ball a certain way and throws it so that the stitching on the ball disrupts the airflow around the ball in such a way that it curves on its way to the plate. A knuckleball is gripped literally by the knuckles on the fingers and kind of pushed by the fingertips through the throwing motion so as to not spin at all as it travels toward the batter. This makes the contours of the ball to catch the air in a way that makes the ball "dance" on it's delivery. If you watch close-ups of good knuckleball pitches you'll see the ball wobble as it crosses the plate. Not only do batters have a hard time tracking it to make contact, many catchers also have trouble catching the pitch. Some teams with knuckleball pitchers have had a dedicated catcher for the knuckleballer. A looping curve or a fast acting slider are amazing pitches to watch when working properly, but when a knuckleballer is having a good day it's truly a thing of beauty.
if you want some of the nastiest off-speed pitches you can look up compilations of Barry Zito, Clayton Kershaw, Greg Maddux, Max Scherzer. For fast pitchers, Roger Clemens, Aroldis Chapman, Randy Johnson. There's beauty in all different types of pitchers. The pitching game is so complex, but simple from a viewer perspective. That's why I love it. I have been studying for years, even after my baseball career.
Greatest pitching performance ever is a VERY tough one to pick, because it can be subtle. One thing to look out for is not just the speed and movement of the pitches, but the placement - getting it just at the edge of the strike zone to fool the batter (check out Greg Maddux for that). If I had to pick one, I might say David Cone's perfect game in 1999 simply because it was so incredibly efficient: 88 pitches, 68 of them for strikes. Nothing flashy about it, just no mistakes and solid control for strikeouts and lazy fly balls. No batter even got to 3 balls.
it is all-out aerodynamics, friction and physics. The laces on baseballs are similar in function to the seams in soccer balls or the dimples in golf balls. Spin+friction+velocity+density = WOW.
There's a lot of cat and mouse between the pitcher and the batter. Sometimes the batter is expecting the pitcher will be throwing a fastball (90-100mph) to him and then the pitcher will actually throw a changeup or curveball (70-80mph) and the batter will get confused and either swing right though it or get crossed up. That's what I love about this sport, there's so much going on mentally.
in regards to you asking about knowing you can't hit it. In Baseball, the pitcher is 60 feet away from away from home plate, throwing baseballs at [in metric on average of 144 km/h around 90mph in standard] as a batter, they have less than a half a second before the ball is in the catchers mitt, so most of the times, batters tend to decide to swing before the pitcher even releases the ball. This results in batters "sitting" on pitches, where they would single out a pitch the pitcher will throw [In example, a fastball, or specifically look for whatever type of pitch he throws the most], hence why they sometimes look stupid trying to swing at a pitch 20km slower [like a curveball] than a fastball, cause they simply were looking for something else, and with so little time to adjust the human body simply can't do it.
In baseball, the catcher gives a sign before the pitcher throws the ball. That usually tells the pitcher what pitch to throw and where he should throw the certain pitch. That's how the catchers' look so good. They know what pitch is coming.
Watch the video again and pay attention to the score boxes at the top of the screen has the MPH for each pitch. One of the reasons it so hard to hit is the difference in speed, if the batter is looking for something 90 to 100 and gets 80 it's a huge difference. Check out Randy Johnson, he once threw a pitch that hit a pigeon in flight and turned it into a bunch of feathers.
Here, is a little baseball info for your edification: 1. Pitchers throw a variety of pitches. Fastballs clock in around 90 to 100 mph. Curveballs can vary on whether it is a slow curve or faster curve but are around 60s to 80s. Changeup is like a fastball but about at least 10 mphs slower than their fastball. Knuckleball is in the 60s. Then, you have other pitchers like sliders or screwballs but they are essentially fast curves. 2. Knuckleballs have the same idea as in soccer. The ball moves funny making it hard to hit. 3. What type of curve the pitcher throws can vary widely depending on the pitcher. I see curves and sliders as very similar. Curves are more up and down as they curve into a spot whereas sliders slide towards or away from the batter. But obviously, depending on how they throw the pitch, you can have a hybrid between the two. 4. In baseball, a good hitter can get a hit 3 out of every 10 trips to the batter's box. For example, it is very difficult to hit .400 for average in baseball. So the pitchers have a significant advantage. 5. Typically, a pitcher will try to get ahead in a count by throwing some strikes right to the catcher's mitt. But when they are ahead in the count, they will tend to throw outside the strike zone to try to get the batter to swing. This is where sliders and curves can be very effective because they first appear like they are going to be in the strike zone and then move out of the strike zone. Hope this helps.
There are a number of different types of pitches in baseball, but they can generally be divided into fastballs and off-speed pitches. Fastballs: - Four-seam fastball - the standard fastball, thrown with one finger on each of the ball's four seams. In the majors, it's generally thrown between 90 and 100 MPH. - Two-seam fastball - thrown with fingers on the top two seams. Slower, but more downward movement. - Split-finger fastball (splitter) - index & middle finger placed on different sides of the ball. Drops HARD. - Cut fastball (cutter) - fastball-type speed but breaks down and in to hitters who have the same "handedness" as the pitcher (e.g. righty pitching to a righty). Mariano Rivera built his career off this pitch and broke a lot of bats with it. Off-speed: - Curveball (curve, "Uncle Charlie") - pitcher puts spin on the ball. Spins away from hitters with the same "handedness" as the pitcher. - Slider - like a curveball except with a bit more velocity. Pitchers will generally throw either a curve or a slider but not both. - Changeup - looks like a fastball coming out of the pitcher's hand, but is gripped differently by the pitcher so it comes out much slower, ideally with some downward movement. A good changeup can make the hitter look like a fool by swinging before the pitch ever arrives. - Screwball - reverse curveball. Spins away from hitters with the opposite "handedness" as the pitcher. Very rare and hard to throw. - Knuckleball - pitch thrown with VERY little spin on it. Because of this, it moves in a way that is hard for hitters to predict. Pitchers who throw these are almost always knuckleball specialists who don't throw any other type of pitch. Generally there only a few in the entire league at any given moment.
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Zack greinke’s 71 mph eephus curveball:
“That’s way too fast”
Not hating just thought it was funny 😂
Nolan Ryan laughs
Yeah I feel bad for him
Me being 14 and thinking 71 is slow
But see, we take for granted what these pro-athletes do at the pro level. Most full grown average adult men would be lucky to sniff 75mph just throwing a fastball. :p
Soccer got the term “knuckleball” from baseball
Everything that does a crazy unpredictable pattern in sports is a knuckleball.
Lonewolf 1970 yeah, and it all started with baseball as you knuckleball was used to describe the way you hold the ball to get it to do that.
Nio Jacobs bro our feet have knuckles and thats also why its called knuckle ball u cant call it anything else
Nohael Thomas no one talks about their feet having knuckles 🤔
@@HWEWSWEW knuckleballs arent really held with "knuckles"
its held by the nails of your fingertips on the seams n when u throw it u push off with the fingertips resulting in idk where its gonna go movement n thats why its slower n has lower spin rate...
It isn’t the speed of the pitch, it is the movement of the ball
And, amusingly, some of the pitches he said must be too fast to hit were offspeed pitches
It’s also the spin they put on it.
It's absolutely about the speed. Which involves the arc and perceived movement.
William Jordan these aren’t fast pitches that is what I meant, these pitches are special because of the ball movement (obviously there has to be some speed to create the effect on seen rotation) but these are Nolan Ryan fast balls coming in at 105+. If you watch the ones with radar these are in the 80s with a few of the knuckle balls dropping lower than that! You knew exactly what I meant when I posted
@@Cvrllos Or Randy Johnson.
RIP Pigeon.
He’s amazed by the speed and these are all offspeed pitches
Those are all “breaking balls” which are curveballs, sliders, sinkers etc. They aren’t very fast actually compared to fastballs which are much much faster
Also check out nasty knuckleballs
Sinkers are a type of fastball
Ben Book ya but (typically) they aren’t as fast
Itsscottybruh true true. Any movement will typically slow the ball down from just a straight 4 seamer. Just clarifying that it isn’t technically a breaking ball
@@lucasscott6984 Not really, Jordan Hick regularly throws 100+mph sinkers. It just depends on pitcher to pitcher. If i remember correctly, for the past few years, Aroldis Chapman's fastest pitch by Average speed was a sinker and not four seam FB.
Lmao I like when he says “imagine if that hit someone” but the pitches were only 75-80mph
Or get hit by a knuckleball going 65 to 70 mph.
Lonewolf 1970 look at the speed demon here. Wakefield threw below 65 all the time. Even his fastballs. 🤣
@@counterfit5 You might want to look on TH-cam I found a video of Wakefield throwing a 70 mph knuckleball. th-cam.com/video/CAFR_ug-8FQ/w-d-xo.html
To be fair a cricket ball weighs more like a billiard ball. He's assuming there isn't a massive weight difference.
It would still hurt to be honest, but yeah, nothing compared to getting hit by a pitch from Aroldis Chapman or someone like that.
The Catcher knows where the ball is supposed to go. He signals the Pitcher as to what to throw.
James Allen yeah but some guys still give the catchers a tough time keeping up with where it’s going to end up.
Not true for a knuckle ball pitcher. Nobody knows where the ball is going to go, not even the pitcher. As ex-catcher , Bob Uecher, said : " It's easy the catch a knuckle ball, you wait for it to stop rolling and pick it up. "
Alan Macphail true but considering that there is practically no knuckleballers left that’s pretty negligible
@@kevinwalsh1178 Oh, that's true. That's why I used the word 'supposed'. They at least know what type of pitch is coming.
That's not really why they make it look easy. They've just caught hundreds of thousands if not millions of balls in their life. I think Luka is just in awe they're catching pitches with such speed and movement without trouble.
Guy throws a knuckleball
Him: wow that’s the fastest one yet!!!
Apperently dickey through one 102
Dickey the best Change up
I like this dude but he needs to understand what he is watching. He over reacts to the silliest stuff
@@Feed_The_Fink It's literally in the title of every one of his videos. "British Soccer fan" reacts. Go watch some Americans reacting to top Football/Soccer plays. They're just as baffled. :p
i was literally looking for this comment LOL
the term "knuckle ball" originated from baseball describing the way you have to hold the ball to make it move like that.
BUT...it's not gripped with the knuckles, but the fingertips.
@@davidlafleche1142 the original knuckle ball pitchers back in the dead ball era did use their knuckles. The fingertips method is a later innovation (Hoyt Willhelm maybe?)
As a catcher in college I hated the knuckleball, so of course as luck would have it, one of our starting pitchers was a budding Phil Niekro. Well hate may be a strong word, but with bases loaded and two outs...you prefer to not have to guess where the pitch is gonna land.
David Lafleche you’re not gripping it right
David Lafleche or your hand isn’t big enough
Him calling 74 mph fast has me dead😂
if you want to blow his mind just show him a routine double play.
I can throw a 74 with my left arm (I’m right handed)
I can’t even hit 74mph balls from a machine. 😩
Yep, let him see Aroldis Chapman lol
counterfit5 everyone hates machine the only reason it exists is 2 get timing down
Hitting a baseball is the hardest thing in all of sports hands down
Hole-in-one's are harder.
Rob Tintelnot Harder to do on a consistent basis. You aren’t supposed to get a hole-in-one all the time, but you are supposed to hit the baseball consistently
hard for who? average person yes, a designated hitter no. If we are going by average person then I would put many things as being much harder....dunking on Shaq....defending a nfl receiver.....fighting mike tyson....
@@waffles824- yup. Its not hard for people who grew up playing the game. If the dude said hitting 100mph is the hardest, he'd have an argument.
@@waffles824 if it's not hard to do then they would be hitting closer to .500 wouldn't they? Surely you should be able to do something every other attempt if it isn't hard to do?
"The fastest one so far..." on a Tim Wakefield knuckleball. Oh dear, you are really green to baseball.
To be fair, the camera angle being behind the pitcher makes it hard for (anyone really but especially) an untrained eye to judge speed. A side angle, like looking at the pitcher and catcher from left to right (like if you were sitting in the dugout areas of a game) make off speed pitcher and fast balls a lot more noticeable.
Don’t know what he’s on about. David, you are right. Kinda cringey for a die hard to hear him say that about a Wakefield knuckler
Throwing a curveball like that is really normal, react to Kerry Wood 20 strikeout game if you want to see one of the best pitching performances of all time
DanD 1014 also that scherzer 20 strikeout game from 2016
Yes! I left a similar comment. Hope he sees it.
Why not send him to a Hall of Famer like Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux, Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson etc for one of their great games instead of recomminding Kerry Wood. Gonna have him walking away thinking Kerry Wood is a GOAT.
@@thomasdemay9805
I mean yea but in terms of pure nastiness (like this vodeo) there was no one more worth watching than Kid K. Besides we all know he would have been the next Nolan Ryan anyway if he stayed healthy. He had GOAT talent at least.
I made a post too recommending Randy Johnson, Chris Sale, Darvish, Kershaw, Chapman. Honestly I dont think a newbie would appreciate Maddux as much. He would need to watch him pitch a whole game, his "stuff" wasn't why he was so good.
Yes do it the pitches like curve 58664947463839 inches and the batters are baffled by it
4:33 Imagine that hit someone.
Yes. Fear of getting hit by a pitch is the first hurdle that eliminates a large percentage of kids from the sport.
C B You only start to think about it more and more after you got hit because you know what it feels like. Hint: not good.
I batted Lefty in little league. Every game, some 10-12 year old throwing as hard as he can against a batter he has no idea how to face. My OBP was ridiculous but by 5th grade I was like "fuck this" and started playing football. Wayyyyyyy less bruises
Yeah, I went through that phase after moving up a league in Middle School. It can be scary when facing actually good pitchers for the first time. And I've seen other people stop playing from being afraid/unable to bat against good pitchers.
Yeah when I play on a park and recreation team for my town when I was 10 I got hit my a 50mph pitch (which was really fast) and I cried on my way to first base😂😂
I was 11 one season and got hit with a 55 mph ball, very slow but hurt my sore foot at the time and my coach demanded i steal second, best season of my life
Time for a pitching info dump. I'm describing pitches from a right handed pitcher, so just reverse it for lefties where directions are concerned. I'll be using the 12 hour clock to describe ball movement.
Fastball is just what it says on the tin. Speeds average 90 to 95 mile per hour or so, but 101 or 102 isn't out of the question.
The companion to this is called a Change Up. It looks exactly like a fastball when it leaves the pitchers hand, but winds up 10 or even 15 mph slower. They gear up for speed. You slow it down.
The Curveball is one of the most popular breaking pitches. The spin on the ball makes it break roughly 12 to 6 or 1 to 7. A Slider, instead breaks on a more flat plane. Like 2 to 9. Both are usually in the 85 mph range.
Last one (for now) is the Splitter. 90 mph or so, looks exactly like a fastball, until it gets three feet in front of home plate, at which point it drops off the freakin table and goes straight down.
There are others, but these are the most popular pitches by far, and I don't want to hit you with too much. Happy viewing!
This is a great description of pitches. I would add this about strategy: much of pitching is about deception. Is the pitcher going to throw a fastball? Where is the fastball located...up by the chest, down by the knees, close to the batter, away from the batter? Like you said, a change-up is designed to LOOK like a fastball coming out of the pitchers hand, but is actually going 12-20 MPH slower.
A curve ball is designed to make the batter think that the ball is going to one spot, but ends up somewhere else. "Hey, this ball is going outside, so I'm not going to swing." The ball ends up over the plate for a strike. Or "Hey, this ball is going right over the plate, so I'll swing!" and the ball ends up in the dirt, almost hitting your back foot.
Then again, sometimes a pitcher just throws a straight fast ball over the plate at 98 MPH and says "Hit it if you can."
God, I can't wait for baseball season to start!
@@echoes1451 Me too brother. I can't remember who, but there was one pitch I saw that looked like it was going to hit the guy in the head when it came out of his hand. It moved. He swung. The ball hit him in the back foot. Unreal.
Should have mentioned the Eephus (slow with a high arc) considering there were a couple in the video.
@@elvesrus Good point. It's so uncommon that I didn't think to mention it.
You're welcome! I'm so excited that you referenced my comment in your video!
To be clear, I wasn't offended by your use of cricket terms; I do love the red-ball game myself. I just wanted to help facilitate your American sports education! I'm a huge fan, I love your channel; keep up the great work!
You asked at one point about what makes an excellent pitching performance. There are three types of milestone games for pitchers. One is a complete game, in which he pitches the whole game, rather than be replaced by a relief pitcher in the late innings; it usually only happens if he's doing well.
The second is a no-hitter. As the name implies, it's a complete game in which no opposing runner gets a hit. They can still get on base other ways, like being walked or being hit by the pitch.
The third is a perfect game. It's a complete game in which no opposing runner gets on base, at all. It is the crowning glory of pitching achievements. There have only been 23 perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball.
Aroldis Chapman is the fastest pitcher ever. Watch his clips
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Josh Mormol too bad he’s a terrible human
Jordan Hicks lol he has the fastest pitch
MetalCrow448 recorded statcast era hicks has fastest pitch
*Jordan Hicks
1:38 No, that's Hunter Pence, he never looks ready to hit anything
1:56 Actually, a pitch like that will get hit more often than you think
2:33 No, that's not a very well known performance, he actually didn't do that good in that game
5:34 They do, they wear cups that protect the area (but not well.)
7:55 At first it doesn't look like a strike, then it drops into the zone
8:36 Definitely falling down while swinging, definitely
9:10 No, some pitchers throw like that, it limits pitch speed though
11:31 Nope, that's one of the slower pitches. It's called a knuckleball, they are thrown slow with minimal spin in order to maximize movement
@javi simple baseball facts, actually
None of this stuff is complicated or uncommon knowledge so calling the dude a know-it-all is funny because this is more like knowing 2+2 and there is still a lot to learn beyond lol
@@LegacyFTW Thank You!
The term "knuckleball" actually originated from baseball because of the way you use your knuckles to grip the ball
It was named after white sox pitcher whos nickname was knuckles.Its interesting that even in soccer if a player kicks the ball and it doesnt rotate they call it a knuckle ball.
Monka S ...and knuckleballs defy the laws of physics. The ball moves randomly and is even hard for the catcher to glove. Trying to hit that pitch is very frustrating.
Actually, it's held with the fingertips. It's called a knuckleball because the knuckles stick out when you grip the ball.
@@blippacg they don't defy the laws of physics, the seams catch the air differently each time you throw it which is why they move so weird. laws of physics can't be broken, just fyi
@@Disasterpiec1 ...yes, I should have been clearer. Was speaking somewhat hyperbolically. Should have said "seem to defy the laws of physics."
React to the fastest pitches ever thrown, like so he can see this
7:55 The thing about curve balls is that they're usually around 78 - 88mph with movement, whereas a fastball is 92 - 100mph and more in a straight line. When you see the batters buckle, it's usually because they were expecting a fastball, and got a slower pitch (off-speed pitch) with much more movement.
Because the batter has such little time to react, the expectation vs. reality causes a little brain fart, not allowing them to process what's happening in time to swing the bat.
The reason they don’t swing is because the batter thinks the pitch is going to be outside of the strike zone, but then the ball curves back into the strike zone and it’s too late to start a swing.
Just watch a full game of baseball, you will understand this so much more
DanD 1014 yeah if u want to waste a couple hours of ur life
@@trulslemon9293 if you dont like it and think its boring because your a 4 year old with no attention span than fine, don't watch, but theres plenty of us who do enjoy it, he obviously has no idea what going on so theres no better way to learn than by watching, i basically learned how cricket works in an hour just by watching and looking up some rules, im just suggesting he do the same for baseball
@@trulslemon9293 Then I waste hundreds of hours every season
@@NolmDirtyDan did the same for Australian rules football. That's a fun one to watch too
TrulsLemon it’s only wasting if you’re not interested clown
There are many different types of pitches and pitchers. Some pitchers have a large repertoire of pitches and some throw just a few but throw them so well they're able to excel. Baseball isn't my favorite sport but here's my understanding of the basic pitches. I'm sure if I get something wrong others will correct me.
Fastball: The basic pitch everyone throws. It's hard and fairly straight. The faster a pitcher is able to throw a fastball the harder it is for a batter to catch up to it. Speed is important for a good fast ball but so is location. The hardest fastballs can be hit by major league hitters if they're thrown straight down the middle of the plate.
Curveball: Many of the pitches shown in this clip are curveballs. It's a slower pitch with a big break (or curve) to it. The movement and the speed difference from the fast ball make it a difficult pitch to hit. As with all pitches location within the strike zone is important. Curveballs that start high but drop in the middle of the zone can be hit a long way. The best curveballs usually start at a height that is enticing for the batter but then drop below the optimal hitting area.
Change Up: This is a pitch that's supposed to look to the batter like it's a fastball but it's actually slower so it fools the batter into swinging too early. Along with being slower than a fastball there is often some late movement to the pitch that makes it harder to hit.
Slider: Like the curveball this is a breaking pitch. It's faster than a curveball and the break is usually later. Curveballs tend to have a more vertical break and the slider break tends to be more horizontal.
Knuckleball: This used to be more common than it is today. The pitcher holds the ball with a strange fingertip grip that causes the ball to break in an unpredictable way. This is a slower pitch.
Split-finger fastball: Similar to a slider but the break tends to be more vertical. When a split-finger fastball works well the batter thinks it's a fastball but as they swing the ball takes a sharp break downwards.
Hope this helps and I hope others correct or add on to it.
There are different kinds of pitchers. Some are good at throwing fastballs and some are good at throwing breaking balls and curve balls.
Other comments already explained the spin and how the catcher coordinates with the pitcher, but there’s something else worth mentioning. There’s a cat and mouse game with the batter and pitcher as well. Professional players can perceive the spin on a baseball and, within fractions of a second, recognize the type of pitch. That is why when a pitcher is “in the stretch” (when they have their foot on the mound and positioned to wind up) they keep the ball either on their back thigh or in their mitt/glove.
The pitcher at the 9:37 mark in the blue uniform is Jake Arrieta. He is one of the better pitchers in the MLB, especially because his form when he throws the ball causes it to remain out of view for much of his delivery. The batter has an extremely difficult time recognizing the spin
100 MPH is 160 KPH
England uses MPH
@@NolmDirtyDan doesn't mean it isn't 160 KPH
I respect how you look at baseball, usually people who play soccer hate baseball just because but you are actually interested which amazes me
Why does this dude look like Steve Rogers before he became captain America?
Fuck you
I'll take that 😂
@@ewokoniadjstein6232 appreciate that man, thank you
Λεωνιδας Διαμαντοπουλος lmao to be honest I was really drunk when I commented that 😌
It was immensely satisfying to see a Brit be genuinely taken aback by a submarine pitching motion. That gave me a good chuckle. Keep these up!!!
And yeah, that term "knuckleball" in soccer? it came from baseball pitchers, who used their knuckles to throw a ball with little to no spin, in order to make it do unpredictable movements. Cheers from the US!
Swinging at a ball thrown at 100 mph is like trying to hit an aspirin tablet thrown at you
with a toothpick
Glad you're enjoying the sport! Starting this past year (2019) they started to play one series every season in London. Should check out a live game you'd love it. I went to it, and had a great time. It's called the MLB London Series if you ever want to look into it.
You keep saying "imagine if that hit someone." You should react to MLB Headshots. It's pretty rough viewing if you're squeamish about injuries, but you'll be able to really see the speed and power of the ball. Also, yes. Almost all catchers (and many batters) do wear testicle protection.
Love seeing your videos. Seeing someone want to actually get into baseball in 2020 is really something nice to see
There are many different types of pitches.
That "Weirdest Pitching Styles" video up in the corner is a really good one, btw.
It looks like a ball but then drops in
Hello there! I stumbled across your videos a few days ago and am really enjoying them. Mostly the ones about baseball, which is really the only sport I watch. It's a lot of fun with your commentary and questions.
sometimes batters are expecting a different pitch than what the pitcher throws so they get caught off guard and don't swing or they swing very awkwardly lol
You are too adorable. Your enthusiasm and interest is like a newborn baby experiencing the outside world for the first time. I love it. 😊😊
Can you react to baseball brawls. Also when you said is it the best pitching performances. It’s not. Not even close, people throw pitches like that almost every batter.
Zach DA Yac that particular game was actually a very good game, but far from the best
Hey man, love the videos, but I’m gonna clear some things up for you. So the most basic pitch in baseball is a four-seem fastball. A powerful pitcher can throw a four-seemer anywhere from 95-105 mph. Most pitchers don’t usually throw that hard, because it puts enormous strain on the arm, and they would tire too quickly. Most of the pitches you see here are breaking balls. Breaking balls are balls that are thrown with different grips and wrist movements. I curveball is a ball that looks like a fastball at first, but then drops down a little bit. A slider is a ball that breaks down and away from a right handed hitter. A sinker will break down and towards a right handed hitter. A splitter breaks down suddenly before reaching the plate. A change up is slower than a fastball, but it’s thrown with the same arm movement as one, so it often fools hitters. A cut-fast ball breaks away from a right handed hitter, and usually ends at a spot that’s really difficult to hit, resulting in a lot of ground balls and pop-ups. I know this is all a bit confusing, but if you look up baseball pitches illustrated, you can see what I’m talking about. I also recommend watching Justin Verlander, Mariano Rivera, Madison Bumgarner, and Clayton Kershaw pitching performances. The best single game pitching performance in recent memory would probably be Kerry Wood’s 20 strike-out game. I highly recommend you react to that.
When a batter doesn't even swing at the ball, it's for one of two reasons:
1) He thinks it will be out of the strike zone, which is the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and his armpit. In that area, it's presumed that a skilled batter should be able to hit the ball. Or ...
2) The batter thinks the pitch will be in the strike zone, but there's no way he'll be able to hit it. Batters sometimes will let balls go past, but almost never to cause a thrird strike.
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Each team has 9 players at any one time. If someone is replaced for some reason (tactical or injury) he's out of the game, and his team continues with the new player. The offense bats the ball and tries to make runs, The defense, which includes the pitcher and fielders, tries to keep the offense from doing that.
The pitcher's job is to fool the batter into missing the ball, either because the batter thinks the ball is in the strike zone when it's not, or that the batter thinks he can hit the ball when he can't. If the batter swings at a ball in the strike zone, or if the batter doesn't swing but the pitcher has thrown a ball in the strike zone, that's called a strike. Three strikes and the batter is out. Each team gets three outs per inning. You can also make an out if you hit the ball, and a fielder catches it before it hits the ground.
The batter's job is to hit the ball and get to a base without a fielder getting the ball there first. Sometimes batters will "take one for the team", and be out at a base, but advance another runner who's already on base. If a batter touches all four bases (first, second, third, and home), his team gets a run. The game is not timed - after 9 innings (i.e., both teams getting three chances to make an out 9 times each) whoever has the most runs wins.
There are other ways to get on base, other ways to score, and other rules, but that's the basic game.
a good key to learning is that there is no such thing as a stupid question. keep up the great work! loads of ideas but you're doing great at your own pace.
React to Aroldis Chapman fastest pitches
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It's even more amazing when one realizes one is viewing these wicked curves and sliders in two dimensions. On a screen, it looks more up and down than side to side, rather than both at once...
LOVED the eefus pitch!
Maybe I’m pushing it but react to players getting hit in the head/face. It’s brutal but different to watch
yup, you're pushing it.
I find it so funny that you get excited about how fast they are throwing because these are their slowest pitches.
The thing is these pitches aren’t even the fastballs
Th Pitcher-Catcher combination is called the Battery, and while there aren't any game stats for the combo, fans recognize batteries that work, those that don't. A good catcher is an assistant pitching coach who can talk a pitcher through difficulty and also studies the opposing batters looking for "tells" and traits that can be taken advantage of.
Thats why the batters are caught flat footed. The catcher sees his stance, knows he's looking for a particular pitch (you can only hit a major league fast ball if you start swinging before the pitcher has released the ball) and many . The game "inside baseball" is constant deception and efforts to make the other guy show his hand first
"He's got no chance of hitting that."
Watch Greinke's playoff highlights. You'll see that was wrong lol
The catcher really doesn’t get any credit for catching.. sometimes for saving a bad pitch. They know where the pitch is going to be and have done it thousands of times. Love the vids mate, greetings from Athens, Georgia. Go Dawgs.
The pitcher gets the credit, its not hard to catch a ball, even though the position of catcher is the hardest to play on the field
DanD 1014 it’s hard to catch a knuckleball
@@counterfit5 exactly why r.a. dickey perferred one catcher and so did tim wakefield.... then again greg maddux perferred the backup catcher to the starter catcher when he pitched...
Ur learning man !! We wouldn’t know anything about rugby or other sports we didn’t grow up playing , ur fine brother !!
React to weirdest pitching styles!
Love watching your reaction viedos.
As a baseball coach here in the U.S. I have been coaching for almost 20 years at the High School level. I also coach a travel team at the Middle School level. I have sent many young athletes to college on scholarships and have some that have played at the professional level.
If you ever desire a trip to the states during the baseball season (April - September) i would be happy to take you around and teach you about baseball and take you to some game at the High School, College and Professional level and even let you meet some of the players.
Baseball is the toughest there is. The toughest task in all of sports is hitting a pitched baseball. You're trying to hit a round object with a round object. Unlike Cricket where the paddle is flat.
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To answer a couple of your questions the "break" is the movement of the ball that is caused by the rotation of the laces on the ball thru the air. A typical curve ball will be thrown with foward rotation, and if thrown well the ball will break downward just before reaching the plate, thus the batter will think it's going to be a high ball and it will break into the strike zone for a strike or it looks like it's going straight to the strike zone and the batter will swing and it will break down and batter swings over it. Many different pitches with different breaks and speeds.
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The pitcher at 3:12 is a guy named R.A. Dickey. He was known for his amazing signature "knuckleball" that is pretty self explanatory. The ball doesn't spin as it goes through the air, and it usually has some crazy movements on it that totally fool the hitter.
This guy won National league Cy Young (baseballs best pitcher) in 2012. He's retired now, but he was pretty good
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Geez you know nothing about baseball but I’m happy to see you excited about it and enjoying it!!
The fact you were thinking “knuckleball” was a football term first had me laughing
Most of these pitches r breaking pitches, which is where the pitcher imparts spin on the ball as he is throwing it so it will move in an unnatural way. As a batter, it’s hard to tell a pitch like that apart from a fastball in the split second u get to see the pitch, and batters need to have highly trained vision. The fact that u r so blown away by the speed of these breaking balls just gets me even more excited for u to watch a video where it is a compilation of pitches over 100 mph, I think u would really enjoy that!
To drop some knowledge, what you saw was primarily breaking balls (curveballs, sliders, slurves, knuckle curveballs and screwballs). The slower other slower pitches are changeups, knuckleball(pitcher throws the ball while gripping it with his knuckles instead of his fingers) and eephus pitches.
Pitching is so much fun! I used to throw hard curve balls right at RH batters' shoulder. Often they would jump back or duck thinking it would hit them, but it would cut right into the bullseye of the catchers mit. I had so much fun with that lol
You even said "Soccer" for us Americans in the title :). Hats off to you for being open minded to watching Baseball.
the reason they don't swing is because there is a zone the ball has to be in to be considered a strike if it is outside that zone, it is considered a "ball", if the pitcher throws 4 "balls" the batter gets to walk to first base. So when the ball appears to be outside the zone, the batter thinks it will be a "ball" so he doesn't swing...then a breaking ball type of pitch will change direction and end up inside that "strike" zone.
Good that you are learning. Don't worry about making mistakes, we would all make mistakes regarding anything new we would be learning. Take it from me, a former classroom teacher of 8 years, you are doing fine. Keep up the good work learning new things.
"I don't know what velocity even means"
"Woah 100 mph thats really fast"
Hi Luka, We enjoy every minute with you. Amazing what the ball will do when released with such intense "English". Those batters who don't swing have already decided that the ball is not hitable. Surprise ! Thank you Luka from Arizona, USA
The high one at 10:15 is called an Ephus pitch. The fastest pitcher ever was a minor leaguer in the late '50s or early '60s. He could throw a 105 mph fastball but had almost no control of location. He once threw a no-hitter but lost 10-9 due to walks and wild pitches. He once threw a pitch that hit and broke the catchers mask then bounced up and hit the umpire's mask, knocking him out and flat on his back.
He thought the knuckleball was the fastest pitch. I love this guy.
First thing Protection: Helmet is armored over the ear facing the pitcher. Some batters wear a pad or guard over the joints facing the pitcher; elbow, knee and/or ankle. Also standard for ALL players is the cup; armored shell “cupping” the genitals.
Some great pitching clips would be Randy Johnson vs the bird, knuckle ball pitchers, sidearm pitchers, submarine pitches, Nolan Ryan ( 7 no hitters, riding exercise bike during interview after his last one), pitchers intimidating batters, pitcher retaliation (there are unwritten rules that are respected) and fastest pitchers.
For a good baseball movie to help with pitcher/catcher relationship and general baseball fun “Bull Durham”.
As far as swinging and falling versus not swinging, personal choice there. Would you swing for the fence or stand and hope it all works out? Where you looking at a pitch that was coming for you and broke away at the last minute? Did the batter before you or your pitcher disrespect your opponent? Was it “out of the box”, not in your strike zone, not in what the home plate umpire would consider to be your strike zone? Lots of factors at play. No side posts and crossbar here and a split second to read the ball and determine what to do.
Have fun with the research and definitely find people to talk to about it. That is where the real game is for the spectators, plenty of time to chat while waiting for things to unfold.
That movement is so effective because pitchers go from 100 mph to 60’s and 70’s. That speed difference makes it so hard for the batter to hit it. Most homeruns are hit off of fastballs (the pitches that go the fastest) because the momentum of the fast pitch with the fast swing of the bat leads to more force and energy being put back into the ball
I was a pitcher from childhood until I was 18 in high school. Id recommend looking into the lingo of the different pitch typee (I.e. sinker, splitter, slider, two steamer, curveball, knuckle ball etc.)
Catcher is expected to catch most pitches, if not they must keep it in front of them and block it so that runners on base cant advance to the next base
To fully comprehend the wizardry that these pitches contain, you’d have to know what it’s like to stand in the batter’s box. Seeing a tight curveball when you’re expecting a fastball will have you more confused than an audience at a magic show.
Spinrate for fastball and curveball and sloder will all be around the same ball park of 2200 to 2500 however its the different grips and pronation (release method) of the wrist that will cause the ball to have seperate speeds. More movement less speed
That Japanese pitcher towards the end of the video has a submarine pitching style. It's one of the four main styles of pitching you'll see in the game. The other three are a conventional over-the-top throw, sidearm, and 3/4 sidearm (between OTT and S).
Most people would agree that Kerry Wood's 20-strikeout game is the best single game Pitching performance in the modern era (since 1920) -- he matched an MLB record for strikeouts in a game, while completely shutting down a first-place team with at least two future hall of gamers in the lineup
When they “don’t even try to hit it,” they actually just believe that it’s going to be a ball, but it will curve back into the strike box
I used to play baseball, and when facing a good curveball pitcher, the ball looks like it's coming right at your head when you see it out of their hand. I can remember when I was about 13, our coach, who was a former fringe MLB pitcher, would throw us some filthy MLB-caliber curveballs just for fun during batting practice. I remember jumping out of the way because I was sure it was coming right at my head... but it ended up breaking over the lower outside corner for a strike, every time.
The most amazing thing is the batter has no idea what is coming and for the few times that they make solid contact and hit an extra base hit is amazing
Some have mentioned it, but they can throw various types of pitches ranging from around 60-70 MPH up to 105-ish MPH. Off-speed pitches (chang-ups, curve-balls, drop-balls, screwballs, etc.) are slower and may break in, out, down or not at all depending on what spin the pitcher puts on the ball. Other pitches (sliders, split-fingers) will nearly be the speed of a fastball but may break up, in, out or down. Even with fastballs, while they are the fastest of pitches, the best pitchers will have some sort of natural movement to them based on their release.
The best do what they can to make the release of all of their pitches look the same, so the batter has to either guess right (from pre-scouting tendencies or cheating) or determine the pitch type, speed, and location between the time it's released and the time it crosses the plate. When they guess wrong, that's when you see the batter falling all over themselves.
I'm not a huge baseball fan, but there's not much denying that getting a major league hit, let alone home run, is probably the most difficult task in all of professional sports.
There are a lot of things that make a pitcher "good". Speed is important, but it takes a back seat to some other tools. Some pitchers specialize in getting batters to hit the ball on the ground. Other pitchers try to get batters to hit the ball straight up, or up enough for an easy catch.
There are 2 types of pitchers. Starting pitchers and Relief Pitchers. In a 9 inning game, a starting pitcher usually pitches 5-7 innings. Usually one relief pitchers comes in per inning after that. An average fastball from a staring pitcher is about 92-95 mph. An average fastball from a reliever is about 95-100 mph.
Sequencing is very important. This has to do with throwing some pitches faster and some pitches slower with more movement. The goal is to mess up the batters timing. If you throw a fastball, then a changeup, the batter may swing before the changeup reaches the plate. Most changeups are thrown about 10-15 mph slower than a pitchers fastball.
Typically, if a batter strikes out, it's better to strike out swinging at the pitch than just standing there watching it go by. But, if the pitch is so good that it fools him into thinking it's going to be a fastball instead of a curveball (or vice versa), then it's understandable. Sometimes you see the batter frozen like a deer in the headlights because he got fooled so badly. Love it.
At the 11:29 mark, that pitch is a knuckleball. It is, by far, the slowest pitch thrown and very few pitchers have the ability to throw it correctly. It's velocity is usually between 45-55 mph, but because there is very little spin, the ball kind of floats unpredictably. It's the toughest pitch to have to catch as well because no two knuckleballs have the same flight pattern.
One of the best pitching performances ever is Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout game versus the Houston Astros. I believe it was only the fifth start of his career and he shut down the batters, which had three quite good hitters that couldn’t touch him. The major league record for strikeouts in a game for one player is 21 I believe, so he was one off as a rookie. You should totally react to it!
The first stat on screen that you went back and looked at was revolutionz per minute. How the ball is held on the stiching as its thrown and the direction of the spin cause the ball to catch the wind in different ways to get movement up, down or sideways. The pitch you originally thought hit the ground was used to get the hand into a certain position for spin in a certain way. Second stat was miles per hour.
In baseball a pitcher grips the ball a certain way and throws it so that the stitching on the ball disrupts the airflow around the ball in such a way that it curves on its way to the plate. A knuckleball is gripped literally by the knuckles on the fingers and kind of pushed by the fingertips through the throwing motion so as to not spin at all as it travels toward the batter. This makes the contours of the ball to catch the air in a way that makes the ball "dance" on it's delivery. If you watch close-ups of good knuckleball pitches you'll see the ball wobble as it crosses the plate. Not only do batters have a hard time tracking it to make contact, many catchers also have trouble catching the pitch. Some teams with knuckleball pitchers have had a dedicated catcher for the knuckleballer. A looping curve or a fast acting slider are amazing pitches to watch when working properly, but when a knuckleballer is having a good day it's truly a thing of beauty.
if you want some of the nastiest off-speed pitches you can look up compilations of Barry Zito, Clayton Kershaw, Greg Maddux, Max Scherzer. For fast pitchers, Roger Clemens, Aroldis Chapman, Randy Johnson. There's beauty in all different types of pitchers. The pitching game is so complex, but simple from a viewer perspective. That's why I love it. I have been studying for years, even after my baseball career.
I seriously vote you do a dual commentary with someone who gets baseball. Love the reaction videos
Greatest pitching performance ever is a VERY tough one to pick, because it can be subtle. One thing to look out for is not just the speed and movement of the pitches, but the placement - getting it just at the edge of the strike zone to fool the batter (check out Greg Maddux for that).
If I had to pick one, I might say David Cone's perfect game in 1999 simply because it was so incredibly efficient: 88 pitches, 68 of them for strikes. Nothing flashy about it, just no mistakes and solid control for strikeouts and lazy fly balls. No batter even got to 3 balls.
it is all-out aerodynamics, friction and physics. The laces on baseballs are similar in function to the seams in soccer balls or the dimples in golf balls. Spin+friction+velocity+density = WOW.
There's a lot of cat and mouse between the pitcher and the batter. Sometimes the batter is expecting the pitcher will be throwing a fastball (90-100mph) to him and then the pitcher will actually throw a changeup or curveball (70-80mph) and the batter will get confused and either swing right though it or get crossed up. That's what I love about this sport, there's so much going on mentally.
in regards to you asking about knowing you can't hit it. In Baseball, the pitcher is 60 feet away from away from home plate, throwing baseballs at [in metric on average of 144 km/h around 90mph in standard] as a batter, they have less than a half a second before the ball is in the catchers mitt, so most of the times, batters tend to decide to swing before the pitcher even releases the ball. This results in batters "sitting" on pitches, where they would single out a pitch the pitcher will throw [In example, a fastball, or specifically look for whatever type of pitch he throws the most], hence why they sometimes look stupid trying to swing at a pitch 20km slower [like a curveball] than a fastball, cause they simply were looking for something else, and with so little time to adjust the human body simply can't do it.
In baseball, the catcher gives a sign before the pitcher throws the ball. That usually tells the pitcher what pitch to throw and where he should throw the certain pitch. That's how the catchers' look so good. They know what pitch is coming.
Watch the video again and pay attention to the score boxes at the top of the screen has the MPH for each pitch. One of the reasons it so hard to hit is the difference in speed, if the batter is looking for something 90 to 100 and gets 80 it's a huge difference. Check out Randy Johnson, he once threw a pitch that hit a pigeon in flight and turned it into a bunch of feathers.
Here, is a little baseball info for your edification:
1. Pitchers throw a variety of pitches. Fastballs clock in around 90 to 100 mph. Curveballs can vary on whether it is a slow curve or faster curve but are around 60s to 80s. Changeup is like a fastball but about at least 10 mphs slower than their fastball. Knuckleball is in the 60s. Then, you have other pitchers like sliders or screwballs but they are essentially fast curves.
2. Knuckleballs have the same idea as in soccer. The ball moves funny making it hard to hit.
3. What type of curve the pitcher throws can vary widely depending on the pitcher. I see curves and sliders as very similar. Curves are more up and down as they curve into a spot whereas sliders slide towards or away from the batter. But obviously, depending on how they throw the pitch, you can have a hybrid between the two.
4. In baseball, a good hitter can get a hit 3 out of every 10 trips to the batter's box. For example, it is very difficult to hit .400 for average in baseball. So the pitchers have a significant advantage.
5. Typically, a pitcher will try to get ahead in a count by throwing some strikes right to the catcher's mitt. But when they are ahead in the count, they will tend to throw outside the strike zone to try to get the batter to swing. This is where sliders and curves can be very effective because they first appear like they are going to be in the strike zone and then move out of the strike zone.
Hope this helps.
Lol, i just enjoyed how you exclaimed at 10:14 ...I imagine the batter made a similar sound at the time. 🤣
There are a number of different types of pitches in baseball, but they can generally be divided into fastballs and off-speed pitches.
Fastballs:
- Four-seam fastball - the standard fastball, thrown with one finger on each of the ball's four seams. In the majors, it's generally thrown between 90 and 100 MPH.
- Two-seam fastball - thrown with fingers on the top two seams. Slower, but more downward movement.
- Split-finger fastball (splitter) - index & middle finger placed on different sides of the ball. Drops HARD.
- Cut fastball (cutter) - fastball-type speed but breaks down and in to hitters who have the same "handedness" as the pitcher (e.g. righty pitching to a righty). Mariano Rivera built his career off this pitch and broke a lot of bats with it.
Off-speed:
- Curveball (curve, "Uncle Charlie") - pitcher puts spin on the ball. Spins away from hitters with the same "handedness" as the pitcher.
- Slider - like a curveball except with a bit more velocity. Pitchers will generally throw either a curve or a slider but not both.
- Changeup - looks like a fastball coming out of the pitcher's hand, but is gripped differently by the pitcher so it comes out much slower, ideally with some downward movement. A good changeup can make the hitter look like a fool by swinging before the pitch ever arrives.
- Screwball - reverse curveball. Spins away from hitters with the opposite "handedness" as the pitcher. Very rare and hard to throw.
- Knuckleball - pitch thrown with VERY little spin on it. Because of this, it moves in a way that is hard for hitters to predict. Pitchers who throw these are almost always knuckleball specialists who don't throw any other type of pitch. Generally there only a few in the entire league at any given moment.