James MacDonald

James MacDonald

A collection of my work with CNN International, CTV Television and Canwest Global.

Japan Now -- Ayumi Hamasaki

Japan Now -- Ayumi Hamasaki

Japan Now - Kotooshu

Japan Now - Kotooshu

Australian Drought

Australian Drought

Outdoor NHL

Outdoor NHL

U of Buffalo Civil Rights

U of Buffalo Civil Rights

Surf Science

Surf Science

Father of the Hybrid

Father of the Hybrid

Gyroball

Gyroball

Hong Kong Markets

Hong Kong Markets

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  • @Whomever209
    @Whomever209 Жыл бұрын

    Is the gyroball the same thing as the sweeper or the slutter (slider-cutter hybrid)?

  • @aljon5947
    @aljon5947 Жыл бұрын

    It’s not a pitch worth making a new name for since we already have the term for a pitch with similar release,movement and spin which is “gyro slider”. Even Matsuzaka wont confirm it. The footage I saw of his “gyroball” vary so much, sometimes its like a cutter, gyro slider, sometimes it even has the movement of a changeup. It seems to me that it really is just Matsuzaka’s mistake slider, when he messes up the spin of the slider it can turn into so many different pitches. One thing for sure though is that its not a screwball. The motion is different for a screwball since its supposed to spin the other way around like a changeup or a gyro slider thats spinning counter-clockwise as a right handed pitcher.

  • @Kicks_Clothing
    @Kicks_Clothing Жыл бұрын

    Jerry is that a Ggggyroooball lol

  • @therealbs2000
    @therealbs2000 Жыл бұрын

    1:54 "this so called gyroball is nothing more than a really good screwball." Me: oh is that all? Huh.

  • @whyimsmarterthanyou
    @whyimsmarterthanyou2 жыл бұрын

    This the real reason Godzilla destroys Japan periodically.

  • @daviemerim3002
    @daviemerim30022 жыл бұрын

    The truth about the gyroball is that it gains speed as it travels through the plate, giving the illusion of rising. The opposite happens if you throw with two seams.

  • @KingNast
    @KingNast2 жыл бұрын

    That sounds impossible. Where is it getting more energy to gain speed? It should always be decreasing in speed once it leaves the pitcher's hand

  • @daviemerim3002
    @daviemerim30022 жыл бұрын

    @@KingNast What happens is that fastballs use magnus force to keep travelling foward with little air resistance, while gyro fastballs use rifle effect to cancel air resistance, giving the illusion of gaining speed.

  • @migram4190
    @migram41902 жыл бұрын

    This video is a time machine

  • @snyderlouilus4039
    @snyderlouilus40392 жыл бұрын

    First in fucking 12 fucking years

  • @anasriko4862
    @anasriko48622 жыл бұрын

    GYRO!

  • @kurtissjacobs5618
    @kurtissjacobs56182 жыл бұрын

    "From the batter's perspective, it looks like the ball is falling--but it's actually rising." If you could actually throw a riser, that might be true.

  • @BoutThatAction
    @BoutThatAction3 жыл бұрын

    My slider looks exactly like this but with nasty slider bite

  • @RoerDaniel
    @RoerDaniel3 жыл бұрын

    the seemuhration was amazing

  • @kristoffshimada7629
    @kristoffshimada76293 жыл бұрын

    It took me 10 years to master this Gyroball I have a video throwing it at 960fps super slow motion ⚾

  • @LeonTuMade4
    @LeonTuMade43 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Now i can fight the 23rd president of USA

  • @hong-nian3685
    @hong-nian36853 жыл бұрын

    golden spin rotation ?

  • @JAndre-gb3dm
    @JAndre-gb3dm3 жыл бұрын

    Lesson 3 Believe in the spin

  • @Kyra-Nostal
    @Kyra-Nostal2 жыл бұрын

    Spin is real

  • @ventixvertix9632
    @ventixvertix96323 жыл бұрын

    Goro and sawamura

  • @beanmula4676
    @beanmula46763 жыл бұрын

    Easy on the arm too good pitch for little league

  • @derekdick7678
    @derekdick76783 жыл бұрын

    This still hasn’t made it to the league

  • @YadoyFriendsPlays
    @YadoyFriendsPlays3 жыл бұрын

    Watch ace no diamond

  • @uhhcoolstory5627
    @uhhcoolstory56273 жыл бұрын

    Haha cnn

  • @MrHammerofdoom
    @MrHammerofdoom3 жыл бұрын

    Ah yes, Shigeno Goro's signature pitch.

  • @JoseMendoza-jg8kc
    @JoseMendoza-jg8kc3 жыл бұрын

    Okay but can we talk about how they talking about a baseball that will most likely never be in the mlb, instead of talking about the tiger attack, 2 airmen killed in airport attack, at least 100 dead Fromm fighting Congo, and 2 u.s. soldiers killed by a bomb!!! 😂

  • @Lanse1984
    @Lanse19843 жыл бұрын

    Pitching coach in the minors had us throw this all the time in place of the changeup

  • @DDEENY
    @DDEENY3 жыл бұрын

    The release and spiral-type spin of a gyroball is similar to a slider. Batters have been known to identify the slider pitch coming towards them by the "circle" in the center of the ball which represents the axis of the spiral spin which differs from a fastball's backspin or a curveball's overspin where the axis of the spin is perpendicular to the direction of flight rather than a slider where the spin's axis is more parallel with the flight's direction. It appears that the gyroball is actually an optical illusion. Johnny Sain invented his "Sain Spinner" as a tool to demonstrate how pitches spin with a given release kzread.info/dash/bejne/pI6NmMGPg8-eh5M.html.

  • @TheFunLuvnCRIMINAL
    @TheFunLuvnCRIMINAL3 жыл бұрын

    My gyro comes with a soda.

  • @hachiman920
    @hachiman9203 жыл бұрын

    ochinchin

  • @jakejake7579
    @jakejake75793 жыл бұрын

    Wow also it’s impossible to rise also what a more colorful way to destroy your arm

  • @danwhitehurst9592
    @danwhitehurst95923 жыл бұрын

    Mike Krukow an ex mlb pitcher and broadcaster for the SF Giants has a great term for the gyro ball( which gives the illusion of a breaking ball that ends up not breaking)In reality it’s when someone hangs a slider. He calls it the cement mixer. It just spins and goes slow and straight. Usually it gets cranked by the batter. People. There are no new pitches. You’ve got a fastball; 4 seam, 2 seam and a cutter. One that goes right , left or straight. Pitches that look like a fast ball but fool you in being slower ( Chang up and split) sliders and curve balls; the same pitch with different amounts of break and speed. A screwball which isnt thrown anymore because a 2 seam change up or good split does the same thing. A knuckle ball that has no spin and breaks unpredictability. And an Ephus; a curve or lobbed pitch around 45-60 mph to throw off the batters timing and perception. That’s it. If anyone wants to mention a rising fastball that’s a 4 seam because it has the most backspin and doesn’t rise it just doesn’t sink on the downward path of the pitcher down the mound. It’s flat but appears to rise in relation to the mound slope.

  • @TheRoadLessChosen
    @TheRoadLessChosen2 жыл бұрын

    The slider is not the same as the curve.

  • @TedJones107
    @TedJones107 Жыл бұрын

    Sir. If a pitch has pure barrel roll spin, it is not any of the pitches you described. Maybe a backward cutter

  • @msquitad8147
    @msquitad81473 жыл бұрын

    So a rise ball ...

  • @prometheusfallen
    @prometheusfallen3 жыл бұрын

    No, the ball is NOT "actually rising". 🙄 Not even the ultra-brilliant minds of Japan have figured out a way to literally defy physics and gravity. It's an illusion. Period.

  • @someparts
    @someparts3 жыл бұрын

    James you better have run with that co-host's compliment!

  • @joshlynch5676
    @joshlynch56763 жыл бұрын

    1:24 did anyone notice how non-descript this news ticker is though? UNLESS IRAN STOPS! Stops what? lmao

  • @koda4247
    @koda42473 жыл бұрын

    2:22 "we slowed it down to save you the embarrassment of watching that in full speed"

  • @gendiety418
    @gendiety4183 жыл бұрын

    Basically a slider

  • @Randomhandleig
    @Randomhandleig3 жыл бұрын

    1:20 U.S warns of penalties unless Iran stops. Iran stop

  • @Wickedsensations2001
    @Wickedsensations20013 жыл бұрын

    literly i can only focus on the people dying

  • @alexandregoncalves6066
    @alexandregoncalves60663 жыл бұрын

    awesome

  • @Yellowfver783
    @Yellowfver7833 жыл бұрын

    Chris sale could throw one of these

  • @marcoordonez5498
    @marcoordonez54983 жыл бұрын

    novice lol you mean someone who has not touch a ball in his life not even his own balls

  • @susystem7901
    @susystem79013 жыл бұрын

    well this aged like shit the guy was awful in the mlb

  • @please.stop.coping
    @please.stop.coping3 жыл бұрын

    You're an idiot if you think a gyro is a screwball. Its more like an improved running fastball. Screwball is the mirror of slider, flip Daisuke's pitch and it would look like a breaking cutter.

  • @CruceEntertainment
    @CruceEntertainment3 жыл бұрын

    1:15 don’t open your stance, step towards the pitcher

  • @pogingsiklista4785
    @pogingsiklista47853 жыл бұрын

    goro is that people.

  • @Texas_Squatch
    @Texas_Squatch3 жыл бұрын

    666

  • @LMike2004
    @LMike20043 жыл бұрын

    Screwball, sinker and curve balls. Is this new?

  • @FYRFOX198
    @FYRFOX1983 жыл бұрын

    ITS NOT A GYRO BALL, ITS A MATZA BALL....😆😆😆

  • @sydzhen6493
    @sydzhen64933 жыл бұрын

    What the heck is this?Just admit that’s a terrible slider pitch or what,don’t make things complicated,it doesn’t make you sound better

  • @Rushmore222
    @Rushmore2223 жыл бұрын

    I hear players say that throwing the baseball 105 mph also tends to make it harder to hit.

  • @SpoonHurler
    @SpoonHurler3 жыл бұрын

    Gyroball is a really good screwball like a fastball is just an accelerated changeup