Blame Rob Neyer for sending me on this quest, and blame me for most of the confusion over the last few years regarding the gyroball. To answer the most popular questions: Yes, it exists; yes, Daisuke ...

As you all may remember, it wasn't all that long ago that the world was buzzing over the gyroball, that secret pitch of Daisuke Matsuzaka's that still may or may not exist (and may or may not have ...

WHEN IT COMES AT YOU-and, initially, it does come at you-you really have two options: Lean forward and hope it'll sail behind your back, or bail completely. Taking a cut might technically be another, ...

Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka apparently can make a baseball disappear, or so the story goes. Big deal, many a Red Sox pitcher has performed this trick -- “It’s a deep drive, way back. It’s ...

“Hmm. How should I answer that question? I knew this question was coming today. And I was preparing some optional answers for this particular question. Should I say, ‘I have that ball?’ Or I could say ...

Baseball is a century and a half old. During that time, there have been thousands of minute variations in the contest between pitchers and hitters, but after so much time and so much practice, there ...