Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index An Eephus pitch in the sport of baseball is a junk pitch which has "nothing on it" -- very little velocity and catches the hitter off-guard. It is attributed to Rip Sewell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1930s. The Eephus is thrown overhand like most pitches, but is lofted on a high arc, softly towards the strike zone. It is considered a trick pitch because in comparison to normal baseball pitches (70 to 100 miles per hour), an Eephus pitch appears to move in slow motion. Hitters typically get very anxious, swing wildly or ground out. Pitchers know to have employed the Eephus pitch include: Dave LaRoche, Bob Tewksbury, Orlando Hernandez. Some nicknames for the Eephus include: LaLob, Folly Floater, Bloop Curve. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.