According to Frankie Fritch, the Pirates' manager, it was named by Maurice van Robays, who, when asked, said it "ain't nothin'".
According to Frankie Fritch, the Pirates' manager, it was named by Maurice van Robays, who, when asked, said it "ain't nothin'". Thrown overhand, like most pitches, it is characterized by the unusually high arc of its trajectory and its slow velocity.* In the 300 games in which Rip Sewell used it, he allowed only one homerun, to Ted Williams in the 1946 All-Star game. FTP, what is this pitch, invented by Sewell and used by Dave LaRoche, Bob Tewksbury, Orlando Hernandez, and Bill Lee, who called his variant the Space Ball?
According to Frankie Fritch, the Pirates' manager, it was named by Maurice van Robays, who, when asked, said it "ain't nothin'".
Eephus Pitch