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With This Japanese Ace, the Ghost Stories Are True

When pitchers and catchers report next month, the Mets will get a look at Kodai Senga’s signature pitch: the ghost fork. Those who have seen it say it delivers on the hype.

Kodai Senga signed with the Mets in December after having starred for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan.Credit...Brad Penner/USA Today Sports, via Reuters

As the United States prepared to face Japan in the knockout stage at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Nick Martinez issued a warning to his peers.

“Don’t swing at the fork,” Martinez, now a star relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres, told them.