GYROMANIA? Or.........

From SI, excerpts about the guy, OUR guy, who we all are so curious about. After all, he'll be pitching for the Boston Red Sox every five days. And we'll be watching. Read some of this, and then my comments. And I do recommmend clicking on this post's title for the FULL article, after you finish the post. Good stuff! Anyone for a GYRO? I know I'm ready, IF it exists!!!! It just might?! Here ya go......thank you SI.....

"To his Japanese fans, the right-hander is known simply as Daisuke. When he pitches, he often uses a high right leg kick on his follow-through. His fastball checks in at 93 mph. Knees buckle at the sight of his curve. His changeup makes hitters look foolish.
And then there's the gyroball...
"It is a pitch with a gyro spin," explains Dr. Ryutaro Himeno, the director of the Advanced Center for Computing and Communication at the physics and chemistry research institution Riken in Saitama Prefecture.
Himeno, who has done computer simulations of the gyroball's movement since the late 1990s, says that the pitch is delivered much like a "football pass," speeding toward the plate in a tight spiral.
The benefit of the four-seam gyroball, Tezuka says, is its surprising explosiveness. Batters, he believes, are lulled into thinking a typical fastball is approaching only to find that it already streaking through the zone as they start their cut. But most gyroballers, he says, throw the two-seam version because of its speed and sharper break.
"The gyroball is scary," says Tezuka, of the pitch's speed and unpredictability. "It is beyond imagination."

Peter here...sounds a LITTLE like hype to me, but there is so much more in the entire article. A must read...click on the title. But wait......here's a little more, a tease! Hey, without a tease, I wouldn't be doing my best.........

"This April, a Japanese rookie pitcher will make his Fenway Park debut. He'll stand on the mound and probably kick at the rubber a few times before staring down at catcher Jason Varitek. The righty will get his sign, go into his windup and deliver a...
No doubt, Himeno and Tezuka will be following the flight of the pitch right along with everyone else."

Peter here yet again...hard to get rid of me? Well, don't try! And if THAT little snippet didn't get you......read the entire article, with color diagrams and so much more, a must read. The pitch seems to be unique in that the pitcher snaps his wrist downward upon delivery. Fact, or fiction? Are we in Rod Serling's Twilight Zone? Or is this pitch another item in Daisuke's arsenal, one that hitters will be expecting, not knowing when or IF, that will further confuse the guessing game that is major league hitting. We will all find out.
I hope you enjoyed this post, and I know you'll enjoy the entire article. Illuminating. Heck, just plain fun! Thanks for being here, for reading. I appreciate it. Now click on the title, and thanks. And as always, I'd love to read your comments!!! Have a great weekend, although I will be here tomorrow morning with a post, and later today to read your comments. So SHOUT OUT! And thanks, as always. Always and forever.