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Andy Nesbitt

Yankees pitcher Greg Weissert threw a silly 81 mph slider that had fans thinking he was a wizard

So you want to be a professional baseball player, huh? Sounds like a good time, right? Get paid a ton of money to play games almost every night for about six months, get to travel a lot and stay in nice hotels. That all does sound like a really nice way to make a living.

That’s all great in theory but I don’t think any of us would have any fun trying to get hits off MLB pitchers these days because these guys are throwing a lot of filthy pitches that just don’t seem fair.

Need more proof of that? Look at these two pitches thrown yesterday by Yankees reliever Greg Weissert. Pay special attention to the second pitch in this video, the 81 mph slider that falls off the planet at the last second.

Did you see how that ball was in the middle of the strike zone and then at the last second it was not? My goodness.

WHAT ARE HITTERS SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS STUFF?????

Twitter was in awe.

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