Unorthodox Pitching Motions Appreciation Thread (1 Viewer)

[Bruce Dickinson]

Dan Quisenberry

 

[Spartans Rule]

Luis Tiant

 

[Spartans Rule]

Chad Bradford

 

[pantagrapher]

Oil Can Boyd

Hideo Nomo

 

[Long Ball Larry]

there was a guy a couple years ago who did a little skip jump from the rubber to start his motion. Not really a windup, either. Pitched for Colorado maybe?

 

[Don Quixote]

I can't find a good video, but Terry Leach was one of my favorites.

 

[pantagrapher]

Fernando Valenzuela

 

[Annyong]

there was a guy a couple years ago who did a little skip jump from the rubber to start his motion. Not really a windup, either. Pitched for Colorado maybe?

You talking about Jordan Walden?

 

[Long Ball Larry]

I don't think so. I think it was Mike something? Last name with an M maybe?

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Kent Tekulve

 

[shadyridr]

Robb nen and troy percival

 

[Michael Brown]

Tough to find a video of him, but I would say if you ever look like this at any time during your delivery, that probably qualifies as unorthodox

 

[Michael Brown]

And I assume this is the best one going now, Carter Capps

 

[Michael Brown]

Nuke

 

[Raider Nation]

Paul Byrd. Olde tyme windup.

 

[Parmcat]

Bill Lee

Turk Wendell

Mark Fidrych

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Eddie Watt, for the Orioles about 40 years ago. He was about as close as they had to a "closer" in the pre-closer days. He threw sidearmed, but his motion was weird even for a sidewinder.

Jim Palmer had the highest leg kick I've ever seen but, like everything else he ####### did, it looked perfect.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

Valenzuela should be on the list too.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Jim Palmer had the highest leg kick I've ever seen but, like everything else he ####### did, it looked perfect.

Bronson Arroyo down?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Jim Furyk

 

[Raider Nation]

Mark Fidrych

Putting aside the fact that he was a nutjob who talked to the baseball, what was unorthodox about his pitching motion?

 

[PIK95]

Mark Eichhorn.

Kevin Brown

Frank Samanella (sp?)

David Cone would change every pitch!

 

[gianmarco]

Pat Neshek.

Gene Garber.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Pat Neshek.

Gene Garber.

Lots of good calls throughout this thread.

Neshek has that Chad Bradford thing where you're worried he's going to scrape his knuckles against the mound and F up the pitch.

Garber is the submariner who would turn and look back to second base in mid-windup before delivering, right?

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Valenzuela should be on the list too.

His windup used to be shown in slo-mo during the closing credits of This Week In Baseball in all its eye-rolling-and-closing glory.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Jim Furyk

I'll allow it. ####ed up free throw routines and shooting motions are also in play here. I'm looking at you, Sidney Lowe.

 

[Eephus]

There have been a lot of low arm slots mentioned in the thread but Josh Collmenter's extreme overhand delivery should get a mention. It's not as obvious as a guy who's dropping 90 degrees toward horizontal but it is deceptive enough for a guy with sub-par velocity to be successful.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

There have been a lot of low arm slots mentioned in the thread but Josh Collmenter's extreme overhand delivery should get a mention. It's not as obvious as a guy who's dropping 90 degrees toward horizontal but it is deceptive enough for a guy with sub-par velocity to be successful.

Great video of Collmenter demonstrating and talking about throwing his changeup.

 

[Raider Nation]

Valenzuela should be on the list too.

His windup used to be shown in slo-mo during the closing credits of This Week In Baseball in all its eye-rolling-and-closing glory.

Great memory.

Bum bum bum bum bum bum...

Bumbumbumbum.

 

[gianmarco]

Pat Neshek.

Gene Garber.

Lots of good calls throughout this thread.

Neshek has that Chad Bradford thing where you're worried he's going to scrape his knuckles against the mound and F up the pitch.

Garber is the submariner who would turn and look back to second base in mid-windup before delivering, right?

Yeah. I used to love watching him pitch.

Breaking Pete Rose's 44 game hitting streak