gyroball---a new pitch?

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#1 badaboom187
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http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AmgD_KiNfRqV_mJcoHo1Xgo5nYcB?slug=jp-mlb_07_gyroball022107&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

apparently there is a pitch call gyroball that looks like a slider but acts like a fastball :|. What do you guys think?
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#2 Ranger_x8b
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The gyroball has been used in Japan for a while. It's actually a curveball that's thrown like a slider to reduce the stress on the wrist. It's definetly gonna fool batters for a while here in the MLB.
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#3 BobSacamento
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wonder if that'll be in mlb 2k7????
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#5 BobSacamento
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lol

thats politically incorrect on many levels

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#7 Spedmunds
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give it till the all star break to be unhitable, after the all star break, you'll see Jim Thome, A-Rod and other power hitters put that about 400 feet
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#8 SuperVegeta518
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give it till the all star break to be unhitable, after the all star break, you'll see Jim Thome, A-Rod and other power hitters put that about 400 feetSpedmunds
It won't be unhitable because no one can throw it. People have tried but I have yet to see a major leaguer throw it, and have yet to see anyone throw it correctly.
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#9 deactivated-5f3e2de3956ce
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I think I heard something on Sportscenter.  When Matsuzaka showed up for camp it wasn't on his list of pitches.