Public-Service GIF: Yu Darvish’s First Swinging-Strike
April 2, 2013
As a service to the public, the author presents here footage of Yu Darvish’s first swinging-strike of the season — a ca. 90 mph cut fastball to Houston third baseman Brett Wallace from, like, 20 minutes ago or something (box):
As a service mostly to himself, that same author presents footage of the next pitch, as well — of Darvish’s second swinging-strike of the season, a ca. 86 mph slider that compels Wallace to how small he is relative to the giant and cold multiverse of which he’s a negligible part:
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