The rainbow pitch – moon ball – parachute – skyscraper - but most famously known as the Eephus Pitch – it is a rare but effective pitch that can catch even the greatest MLB hitters off guard and make them look completely foolish. If you’ve ever played slowpitch softball, you’ve faced a similar pitch and likely weren’t overly challenged by its high arc and extremely low velocity. However, when accustomed to triple-digit blazing fastballs, 90 mile per hour changeups and devastating sliders, an unexpected 35 mile per hour blooping rainbow can be quite challenging – and even if a hitter does hit it well, they have to provide all the power. A Statcast Tribute to Baseball's Strangest Pitch: the Eephus James LeDoux Data scientist and armchair sabermetrician https://jamesrledoux.com/projects/eephus/ Content borrowed for this documentary: Mrmaky Baseball: The Greatest Eephus Pitches https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvc3Fr_Jft4&t=6s Most game clips owned by Major League Baseball Media Music: Tarantino Country Rock Detective by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Guilty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0je03QWVwXs Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8oPUQC1bQS1zWJ-e22QBzw/join Humm Baby Baseball is an all baseball channel that talks baseball in general but also has a focus on the San Francisco Giants. My name is Erik and if you're interested in appearing on Humm Baby Baseball or doing any kind of collaboration, please e-mail me at hummbabybaseball@gmail.com. Please visit the HUMM BABY WEBSITE: https://www.hummbabybaseball.com Humm Baby Baseball PODCAST: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1093007 San Francisco Giants Blog: https://www.hummbabybaseball.com/sfgiants I spend anywhere from 3-8 hours every day working on Humm Baby Baseball.. if you enjoy this content, please consider helping me on Patreon. You can give as little as $1 a month to help grow the brand and give me more time to operate Humm Baby Baseball! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/hummbabybaseball Follow HUMM BABY BASEBALL On: FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HummBabyBaseball TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/hummbabybb Thanks for checking out this video and if you like what you see, subscribe today! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yPHoE5JqhU