Comments on: Tim Hudson threw Adam LaRoche an eephus pitch

By: sabatimus

sabatimus — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 01:30:05 +0000

If I remember correctly, Ted Williams saw an eephus pitch once and swung and missed. He saw it a second time and crushed it into the bleachers.

By: westcoastredbird

westcoastredbird — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 23:12:23 +0000

Rip Sewell made a living off of the eephus ball. In fact he may have invented it. I was hoping that Aroldis Chapman would add it to his repitoire. Go Redbirds!

By: sanzarq

sanzarq — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:58:51 +0000

Thanks for posting the La La Lob. Hilarious!

By: thegreatstoneface

thegreatstoneface — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:56:34 +0000

needs a lot more rainbow to it, to be an eephus…

By: sophiethegreatdane

sophiethegreatdane — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:08:41 +0000

I’m glad sabatimus chimed in above. That was not an eephus pitch.

By: beefytrout

beefytrout — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:29:01 +0000

sabatimus is correct on both counts. The ball has to at least go higher than the batter’s head to even earn eephus consideration.

And Hudson’s pitch looked like a strike too.

By: sabatimus

sabatimus — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:43:33 +0000

Now THIS is an eephus pitch. Hudson’s really wasn’t close to an eephus pitch, though it should have been called a strike.

By: dlf9

dlf9 — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:07:22 +0000

I don’t know how to enbed this, but LaRoche striking out Gorman Thomas in Yankee stadium on a pitch that couldn’t have broken the speed limit in a school zone.

By: dlf9

dlf9 — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:05:07 +0000

I’m sorry but this is blog-fail. How can you reference a 47 m.p.h. pitch to Adam LaRoche, son of Dave LaRoche, and not reference dad’s LaLob?

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:02:07 +0000

OH, OPENING DAY! WHY DOST THOU TAKE SO LONG TO ARRIVE?

By: professormaddog31

professormaddog31 — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:00:17 +0000

I love when good friends face each other like that; the goofiest stuff happens and it’s always freaking hilarious.