It’s hard enough being a hitter in Major League Baseball these days with pitchers throwing all sorts of ridiculous pitches at all sorts of different speeds.
But recently some pitchers have been throwing in some moves with their legs to throw off the timing before firing off a pitch, which can make things even harder for the hitters who are standing in the box and looking to make something happen.
San Diego’s Yu Darvish messed with the timing a little bit before a pitch last night against the Royals and then followed it up with an absolutely nasty 97 mph called third strike that he finished off with an awesome bow.
Check this out:
Yu Darvish, 97mph Fastball/Messing with Timing. pic.twitter.com/8UfdHUkviE
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) August 28, 2022
FILTHY.
That wouldn’t be considered a balk if a runner was on base because his legs didn’t make a move toward the plate.
Twitter had reactions.
So dirty https://t.co/PbY9e1NFIE
— Randy Giles 🧟♂️ (@RandyGiles333) August 28, 2022
Wow just wow https://t.co/OEVpzEKrBI
— max fried fanpage (@ilovemaxfried) August 28, 2022
he’s so cool https://t.co/GeNNiUJvRV
— attended (@Attending_) August 28, 2022
With the good bow at the end https://t.co/Zqr1tkjrH2
— Ishigami Sher (@Isher_Roth) August 28, 2022
An absolute dart https://t.co/cxWE3yduXt
— Him(my) Neutron 🚀 (@odell_the_juice) August 28, 2022
https://t.co/CspudDWvTL pic.twitter.com/u8ChveCM8d
— ChrisB. (@Cr1spyChr1s) August 28, 2022
and a bow 🙇♂️ #showman
— warrior (@playoffmatsui) August 28, 2022
doing that and then 97 I want the fbi involved
— god of tapas (@DaveyBigLeagues) August 28, 2022
