Baseball innovation, or creativity run amok?

Labels: ,

Jonathan Papelbon, relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, has invented a new pitch. He describes it as something between a cut fastball ("cutter") and a slider.

He calls it a "slutter."

Ahem.

Jonathan? What about "slitter"? Slitter wasn't taken.

Comment (1)

I did a little research and found a few pix of him with strange color backpacks. What is up with that?

Long Live The SLUTTER