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brush

(53,786 posts) Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:11 PM Apr 2019

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Baseball fans check out this unhitable pitch by Ray's pitcher Jose Alvarado.

https://deadspin.com/good-lord-this-jose-alvarado-pitch-is-nasty-1833786911

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Baseball fans check out this unhitable pitch by Ray's pitcher Jose Alvarado. (Original Post) brush Apr 2019 OP

Whoa! MLAA Apr 2019 #1

Wow,what a cutter. Wellstone ruled Apr 2019 #2

That's a pretty mean screwball ornotna Apr 2019 #3

Wow! rurallib Apr 2019 #4

Holy smokes! Ohiogal Apr 2019 #5

Pity the Catcher! GulfCoast66 Apr 2019 #6

I envy the Catcher. He's the one who called pitch.... Brother Buzz Apr 2019 #8

That ain't right Varaddem Apr 2019 #7

Yep. Hitting a major league pitch is the hardest thing in sports, and hitting that is impossible. brush Apr 2019 #10

that's awesome demtenjeep Apr 2019 #9

What happened to three strikes you're out? True Dough Apr 2019 #11

How many of those can he throw in an inning? TomSlick Apr 2019 #12

How does the umpire even know if that was in the batter's box and crossed the plate. Snake Plissken Apr 2019 #13

I think it caught a piece of the plate as the catcher, who is a couple of feet... brush Apr 2019 #14

MLAA

(17,298 posts)

1. Whoa!

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:12 PM

Apr 2019

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

2. Wow,what a cutter.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:13 PM

Apr 2019

That sucker broke perfectly.

ornotna

(10,803 posts)

3. That's a pretty mean screwball

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:17 PM

Apr 2019

rurallib

(62,423 posts)

4. Wow!

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:31 PM

Apr 2019

Ohiogal

(32,005 posts)

5. Holy smokes!

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:36 PM

Apr 2019

That’s unhittable!

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)

6. Pity the Catcher!

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 09:36 PM

Apr 2019

Brother Buzz

(36,444 posts)

8. I envy the Catcher. He's the one who called pitch....

Reply to GulfCoast66 (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 10:49 PM

Apr 2019

so he knows what's coming down the pike, PLUS he's in the best place in the parks to witness those wicked cool pitches.

Varaddem

(432 posts)

7. That ain't right

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 10:36 PM

Apr 2019

A cutter at 99

brush

(53,786 posts)

10. Yep. Hitting a major league pitch is the hardest thing in sports, and hitting that is impossible.

Reply to Varaddem (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 10:58 PM

Apr 2019

demtenjeep

(31,997 posts)

9. that's awesome

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 10:55 PM

Apr 2019

Yourdondo Ventura was great like that

Randy Johnson's bird ball was still one of the greatest

True Dough

(17,305 posts)

11. What happened to three strikes you're out?

Reply to brush (Original post)

Thu Apr 4, 2019, 11:31 PM

Apr 2019

I watched that batter whiff like eight or nine times!

Wicked pitch indeed!

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)

12. How many of those can he throw in an inning?

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Thu Apr 4, 2019, 11:47 PM

Apr 2019

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)

13. How does the umpire even know if that was in the batter's box and crossed the plate.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 12:15 AM

Apr 2019

I watched it about five times and still can't tell. It looks like the ball just caught the corner or the batter's box as it crossed the inside edge of the plate, but maybe not. If he didn't swing, do you call that a ball or a strike?

brush

(53,786 posts)

14. I think it caught a piece of the plate as the catcher, who is a couple of feet...

Reply to Snake Plissken (Reply #13)

Fri Apr 5, 2019, 02:50 AM

Apr 2019

Last edited Fri Apr 5, 2019, 03:34 AM - Edit history (1)

behind the plate, reached to his right catch it after it crossed.

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