An eephus pitch is one of baseball’s many pieces of niche ephemera. It’s a weird trick throw that’s barely ever glimpsed in the professional game—an arcing lob of the ball, traveling at half the speed ...

An eephus pitch is a low-speed, high-arcing lob thrown with three fingers like a curveball. This trick-pitch’s power is in its slowness, which confuses batters. “You get bored watching it,” says ...

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In Carson Lund’s “Eephus,” two teams – the Riverdogs and Adler’s Paint – gather on a neighborhood field for a baseball game. The leaves are already starting to turn — “It’s getting late early,” as ...

It's not every day that you see a pitcher throw an eephus pitch -- a high-arching, off-speed pitch -- for a strike. It's even more rare to see a position player throw that pitch perfectly during a ...