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It is commonly thrown by right-handed Japanese pitchers such as Hiroki Kuroda, Noboru Akiyama, Kenjiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, [1] Yu Darvish [2] and Masumi Kuwata. [3] The most renowned shuuto pitcher in history was Masaji Hiramatsu, whose famous pitch was dubbed the razor shuuto because it seemed to "cut the air" when thrown.
Daisuke Matsuzaka: Familiar with the gyroball, Matsuzaka has stated that he can throw the gyroball, however cannot do so on a consistent basis.A careful computer analysis of Matsuzaka's pitches for the Boston Red Sox for the first half of the 2007 season by Dan Fox of Baseball Prospectus suggests that while Matsuzaka commands a dazzling array of pitches, the gyroball is more myth than reality.
White Plume Mountain is set in the World of Greyhawk, a campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons. [5] The module is a dungeon crawl, [1] precipitated by the theft of three magical, sentient weapons: [6] a trident named Wave, a war hammer named Whelm, and a sword named Blackrazor (all three were introduced in this adventure). [1]
Dharahara or Bhimsen Stambha (Nepali: धरहरा; pronounced [dʱʌɾʌɦʌɾa] or [dʱʌɾʌːɾa]), is a 72-metre-tall (236 ft) [1] tower at the centre of Sundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal. [2] It was first built in 1832 by Mukhtiyar (equivalent to Prime Minister ) Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripurasundari and was a part ...
The origin story goes all the way to Italy. Here, we explain why Starbucks drink sizes are tall, grande and venti, plus newer additions short and trenta. The origin story goes all the way to Italy.
It is characterized by the extreme smallness of the building, just 1 × 1 ken in size. In Kasuga Taisha's case, this translates in 1.9 m × 2.6 m. [25] The roof is gabled with a single entrance at the gabled end, decorated with chigi and katsuogi, covered with cypress bark and curved upwards at the eaves. Supporting structures are painted ...
This is a list of tallest buildings in Tanzania. [1] [2] In August 2021, it was revealed that the tallest building in the nation, Zanzibar Domino Tower, is in the pipeline for construction. The cost of building is reported to be US$1.3 billion, featuring 70 stories and located approximately 15 kilometers from the UNESCO World Heritage site of ...
The mall consists of a 2-story building, with a parking lot in the front and back. [7] In front of the building there are statues of the three eponymous deities Phước, Lộc, and Thọ, along with a statue of Di-lặc. [1] The building has distinctive architecture, communicating its Vietnamese and Chinese-Vietnamese heritage.