How to Throw an Eephus Pitch

Video Transcript

"Hello, I'm John Riedling, and today I'm going to talk to you about throwing a eephus pitch. Now, there's many pitches, there's, you got your, that are very common, fast ball, sliders, change up, curve balls, forks, but there's a pitch called the eephus pitch, which is, pretty much a gimmick pitch. There's no certain way to grip it, preferably just like a regular fast ball, and you'd like to throw it for a strike. You rarely see these, but I tell you, a good eephus pitch is needed when you got a good hitter up there, and nothing has gotten him out, so an eephus pitch is not a bad idea. And right now, I'm going to demonstrate how to throw an eephus pitch. I'm John Riedling, and that's how you throw an eephus pitch."