NEWSLETTER
A long while back, I wrote an article here on Baseball is Fun, entitled “Eephus Me Once, Shame on Me, But Eephus Me Twice …” which discussed the time Orlando Hernandez tried to sneak a second Eephus pitch past Alex Rodriguez.
Needless to say, it didn’t go too well:
El Duque once tried to sneak a second eephus pitch by @AROD. A-Rod said no: http://t.co/lWHWogkeW7 pic.twitter.com/C1NO1SzAkg
— Cut4 (@Cut4) August 26, 2015
But apparently, Eephus pitches have a memory-based shelf-life, because Carlos Villanueva has fooled Jason Werth twice in his career, and he doesn’t look thrilled on either occasion.
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The first pitch from Villanueva came back in August of 2013 and was clocked at a blistering 57 MPH. Now with San Diego, Villanueva did it again, this time throwing a 56 MPH Eephus that froze Werth in his tracks. His immediate realization and disappointment is just too obvious and funny.
I guess the saying’s wrong. You CAN Eephus me twice.
