Lum
May 19th, 2007, 06:47 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-gyro031306
It's quickly becoming the Bigfoot of baseball, an urban legend born in a Japanese lab and racing across the Internet. They call it the "gyroball"—the exact translation is probably closer to "Demon Sphere Gyro Ball"—and it's either the first new pitch in nearly four decades, or a complete and total sham.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/02/21/sports/22gryo_GFX1.jpg
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/02/22/sports/22gryo_GFX2.jpg
It's quickly becoming the Bigfoot of baseball, an urban legend born in a Japanese lab and racing across the Internet. They call it the "gyroball"—the exact translation is probably closer to "Demon Sphere Gyro Ball"—and it's either the first new pitch in nearly four decades, or a complete and total sham.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/02/21/sports/22gryo_GFX1.jpg
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/02/22/sports/22gryo_GFX2.jpg