While the split finger fastball, or “splitter” and perhaps the screwball as well, hold the most mystique to many baseball fans, it’s the changeup, once known as the “slow ball” that may be the most elusive beast of them all. There are many ways to throw a good one, and seemingly many more ways to throw a bad one. Whatever the grip and release it requires an enormous amount of feel for a changeup to consistently be effective against major league hitters. But a pitcher who has a good fastball and a good changeup is one of the toughest in the game for hitters to deal with.
The kick change has given Dietrich Enns a new lease on his baseball life
