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An eephus pitch (also spelled ephus) in baseball is a very high-arcing off-speed pitch. [1] The delivery from the pitcher has very low velocity and often catches the hitter off-guard. The eephus pitch is thrown overhand like most pitches, but is characterized by an unusual, high-arcing trajectory .
Eephus is a 2024 sports film directed by Carson Lund about the final game of an amateur New England baseball league before their stadium is demolished. The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 77th Cannes Film Festival , where it was eligible for the Caméra d'Or award.
In baseball, an off-speed pitch is a pitch thrown at a slower speed than a fastball. Breaking balls and changeups are the two most common types of off-speed pitches. Very slow pitches which require the batter to provide most of the power on contact through bat speed are known as "junk" and include the knuckleball and the Eephus pitch, a sort of extreme changeup. [1]
American helmer Carson Lund uses the baseball diamond as a deeply cinematic space in his feature debut, “Eephus.” The esoteric title is the name of one of the game’s rarest pitches ...
Jennifer Hudson threw out the first pitch at the Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox game. MLB said the first pitch was "the best" of the season. Jennifer Hudson Throws ‘Best Eephus Pitch ...
Music Box Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Carson Lund’s comedy drama “Eephus,” which premiered in Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. The film was recently announced as an ...
David Eugene LaRoche (né Garcia; born May 14, 1948) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and coach.LaRoche is most famous for throwing his own variant of the eephus pitch, which he called "La Lob". [1]
Yogi Berra, perhaps the greatest catcher in history, is quoted in Carson Lund’s “Eephus,” a movie about players who, unlike Berra, are never going to trouble the Baseball Hall of Fame’s ...