Japanese nri-hander Kazuhito Tadano bụ ọfiọk eephus pitches. Ma nke a pụrụ ịbụ ya kasị The Epic mgbalị ma.
Na Mọnde, ya Hokkaido Nippon-Ham alụso-eche ihu Hanshin tiger, Tadano ebugharị a kasị oké arcing pitch n'ebe batter Michael akon. Ọ rutere n'enweghị na nwuchi aka, ọ esorola gafee efere … ma enwe enweghị echiche ihe na-eme ya.
Na-eji abụọ etiwapụ ugbua na osisi megide batter, Michael akon, Tadano tụbara a ngwa ngwa, looping pitch na bilie banyere isii mita n'ime ikuku tupu idobe zuru okè n'ime nwuchi si mitt.
Nnọọ ihe ijuanya na, na enwe na-akpọ ya dị ka a bọl kama a iku. Ikekwe, ọ nọ ujo.
Tadano si atọ a na-akpọ "Eephus pitch". Ọ na-na na ebe ọ bụ na 1940s, ma aghọwo kemgwucha obere na ọkachamara baseball.
Tadano, onye ulo-ikwū- 15 egwuregwu maka Cleveland India na 2004 na 2005, bụ ihe na-erughị ụtọ na ọ dịghị-iku oku. Via espn.go.com
Tadano si otu, na Hokkaido Nippon-Ham alụso, bịara adịkwa egwuregwu 4-1, ma pitcher ji gbaa play ga doro anya na ogologo ndụ karị na anyị na-echeta karịa scoreline.
On a 1-2 gụọ, Tadano ebugharị bọl ụfọdụ 20 ụkwụ na ikuku tupu ya mere ya ngwa ngwa ụmụ n'ime nwuchi si mitt – n'ịghagbu onye ọ bụla si batter Michael akon, na TV cameraman ka enwe, onye a na-akpọ a bọl ezie na pitch rutere n'elu efere.
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham alụso pitcher Kazuhito Tadano ọkọkpọhi otuto maka nke a doozy nke a nnyefe ke a na-adịbeghị anya Nippon Ọkachamara baseball egwuregwu megide Hanshin tiger, tossing na eephus pitch agwụ niile eephus pitches.
Gịnị bụ ihe Eephus Ẹtop?
Otu Eephus pitch (na-spelt Ephus) na baseball bụ nnọọ ala ọsọ junk pitch. Nnyefe si pitcher nwere nnọọ ala ike ọsọ na-emekarị catches na hitter anya-nche.
Mepụtara ya na-ekewet dọwara Sewell nke Pittsburgh My Chemical Romance na na 1940s. Dị ka njikwa Frankie Frisch, na pitch na aha ya bụ site outfielder Maurice Van Robays. Mgbe a jụrụ ya ihe ọ pụtara, Of Robays zara, “'Eephus bụghị ihe ọ bụla, na nke ahụ bụ ihe ọ bụla a pitch.”
Ọ bụ ezie na si a na-amaghị maka ụfọdụ, Eephus wee si na okwu Hibru אפס (akpọ “EFF-ess”), pụtara “ihe ọ bụla”.
The Eephus pitch a tụba overhand dị ka ọtụtụ pitches, ma e ji ihe ọhụrụ, elu arcing trajectory na a ọnụ ọgụgụ kasị elu gburugburu 20-25 ụkwụ.
Kwekọrọ ngwa ngwa ike ọsọ na-agba ndị ọzọ oyiyi a nwayọọ na-pitch softball nnyefe karịa a omenala baseball pitch.
Ọ na-atụle a atọ pitch n'ihi na, tụnyere nkịtị baseball pitches - nke na-agba ọsọ site 70 ka 100 kilomita kwa hour - na Eephus pitch na-egosi na-akpali ke ngwa ngwa ngagharị na 55 kilomita kwa hour ma ọ bụ obere, mgbe ụfọdụ n'ime ala-40s. GỤKWUO…