Sport Science: Mariano Rivera's Cutter

[@maryannmorata4285]

It’s the real life sawamura!

[@AceIV]

I deadass looked up the cutter ball because of sawamura's pitch lmfao

[@rapzkietv4272]

Eljun sawamura

[@notthed0d791]

Nah b he’s a lefty so it cuts into righties which is arguably much better

[@YoungSkullKid1990]

I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE, BALLS WILL BE SENT FLYING!

[@samluttrell6961]

@@YoungSkullKid1990 i love that show so mucchhh

[@ChrisThorne19]

Easily the best closer in history of the game, he needs to have the best closer award named after him. "Mariano Rivera Closer Award"

[@connerpeterson1119]

He does, along with Trevor Hoffman.

[@jackjohnsrud3134]

@@connerpeterson1119 Hoffman can have NL close award Rivera gets AL award

[@Platerpus7]

@@connerpeterson1119 you really can’t compare the two though. Mariano did it with one pitch and was just as un hittable when he retired.

[@anemos9]

This is actually a great idea. We have the Cy young award. We should have the mariano Rivera award. Cy young but for any reliever (not just closers let's open the pot)

[@karlnewton5736]

Forget best closer, he was the best reliever

[@yabba133]

I really wish this was still on the air. Turns out most sports fans aren't that into science and physics. Go figure.

[@odinpwnsnoobs]

they do still show this on tv

[@HelloKitty167429]

O

[@SamBrickell]

This show's physics explanations were insulting to physics. You are a pseudo intellectual.

[@康秀石橋]

AROLDIS CHAPMAN

[@landonduplechin5560]

jimjam bro this vid is so helpful. i find physics so awesome and interesting.

[@TheLousyGames]

he frucking got chairs made of broken bats for gifts because of that cutter!

[@LLHLMHfilms]

There's a reason it's called a "Cutter"

[@codymosher3085]

Because the pitch cuts.......

[@crimdell]

"Here comes my cutter, boys. I'm going to throw it on my first pitch to you, and on the second. I will throw that pitch alone until you make an out. Good luck trying to hit it." This was his silent message to hitters for two freaking decades, and the hitters never figured out a way to hit it. We might never see another baseball player who was so dominating. Think about it this way... if he had an equally dominant offensive counterpart it would be someone who hits a homerun on almost every at bat. Man. I miss this guy. I hope the Yankees make him a coach, or ambassador, or something so that he remains a Yankee forever. Thanks for the memories, Mo.

[@PS3x2Girls1Kitchen]

Lmao

[@mitchelllimp4654]

His offensive counterpart is miggy

[@themonkeyking8506]

crimdell ii

[@justinperalta3570]

that “offensive counterpart” point you made was wrong lmaoo. it’s literally impossible to hit a homer in every at bat

[@MikhelBL]

@@mitchelllimp4654 nah, Miguel Cabrera gets on base at about 40% of his plate appearances. Rivera got 3852 outs from the 5103 batters he faced ---> a 75.48% success rate Cabrera until 2020 has been 4089 times on base out of 10467 total plate appearances ---> 39.06% he has succeeded Including postseason: Rivera: 4275 outs from the 5630 batters he faced ---> a 75.93% success rate Cabrera: 4175 times on base out of 10702 total plate appearances ---> 39.01% success rate

[@drums4metal]

The pitch that broke so many bats in 15+ years. He said that was a pitch sent by god. He´s in the hall of fame already, no doubt in my mind.

[@Platerpus7]

He did it all with one pitch. We will never see anything like him again.

[@djimonblanchard6232]

Firewood all year round 😹😹😹

[@yankeejohn58]

Great Video Breakdown on a Legendary Pitcher!

[@grandestpanjandrum]

Actually they got the high/low pressure zone backwards. A fastball, spinning "backwards" (if it were a wheel, for example) has higher pressure on the bottom, hence it's flat or moves according to arm slot, but it's not dropping as much as gravity would require. A curveball, spinning "forward", has more pressure on the top (where the stitches are moving forward through the air) than on the bottom. So it drops a lot harder. Rivera is more specialized than other pitchers, but still...

[@jeremykates7276]

Yeah I noticed that too. If it had top spin and side spin it would be more of a slider/curve instead of a cutter that stays up

[@rhoab3856]

i wish sports science was still on air

[@faster770301]

the great Mariano Rivera, in & out the diamond. Honesty, endurance & consistency.

[@nomoneyball5423]

The most dominant single pitch of all time. Knowing it's coming and could never do anything with it. I'm currently working on an reliever entry video/career mode series on MLB The Show of "his son!"

[@PitchingAcademy]

I miss watching Mariano Rivera pitch on a regular basis! Who else thinks this year will be different without him on the mound?

[@calex1851]

imagine when jeter retires :/

[@RabbiChris11]

calex1851 imagined.

[@kidperfectjr566]

Will Murray I can't believe what u guys are saying! ( in a good way) so it is ublelieveable that they all ready retired! i can still remember the 2009 WS and all of their great moments (3k hits hr) (602 saves)

[@danielroy2822]

I'm from the future and the Royals win the World Series in 2015

[@0toHero86]

+D Roy LMMFAO WIN!!!

[@timbrown5576]

If he was pitching at the Astro's ballpark, no need to bang the garbage can, everybody knows what's coming.

[@MajesticSkywhale]

Can I just say in awe that this pitch is simply fucking disgustingly effective.

[@ChrisThorne19]

The catcher confirms the pitch with the pitcher and sets the zone for the pitcher to throw to.

[@KC-bg1th]

Randy's arm looks pretty normal at 0:13. ;^}

[@icecommando7470]

+Mrs. Goat OMGEE!

[@vjitterz1500]

lol, ikr, it looks broken

[@Blacktrok11]

That makes me want to throw up

[@syco8920]

The face of a determined man

[@redbug3485]

In another life he's a Cowboy throwing a lasso at cows!

[@profckjung]

Unfortunately the rotation of the Mariano's ball in the animation is wrong as well as the animation of the Magnus force.

[@gabrielpennington7166]

Chang Kee Jung do you know where one could find a video with these animated correctly?

[@joshuabarosin779]

+Chang Kee Jung no the way the ball is rotating is correct, the Magnus effect is wrong though. i use the effect to my advantage when i pitch to create crazy 2 seam change ups, and eventually curve-balls.

[@KTM_690_ENDURO]

This is such a great video. I love the science behind pitching...

[@yuitry1]

42 is jackie robinson number, but rivera wore it before they announced retiring it

[@jonny0783]

G.O.A.T. CLOSER !!!

[@redwings02]

I never liked Sport Science, and for good reason. They always get it wrong. Take a look at 1:25 and you'll notice they get the pressures backwards. The pressure is lowest on the side of the baseball where the seams spin opposite the direction the ball's moving (with the wind). The pitch they're showing at 1:25 would tail like a two-seam, not curve. I don't understand how they get away with production of this show...

[@johnk2452]

BB, correct you are. To me, this entire video is two steps away from being a complete waste of time. [Give then a down-vote.] Of the 29 BILLION cutters which Rivera threw during his career, do these clowns mean tell us that they COULD NOT FIND at least a FEW REAL ON-CAMERA examples to show us the SPECTACULAR lateral movement in this particular pitch. Instead, the ONLY thing they could show was some mickey mouse cartoon. What a crock! Down-VOTE!

[@redwings02]

Couldn't agree more. They constantly got both the science and sports wrong. This video looks like it was produced by a high schooler.

[@ConnieFWill]

also, and this is a nitpick, but they got the spin axes wrong too. if a ball has backspin then it's spinning along the X-axis (i.e. if you stuck a pole through the middle of the ball, it would be horizontal to allow for backspin)

[@Gumbocinno]

Man, 1500 is nothing compared to what pitchers are tossing today

[@foulget]

You should test Kershaw's curveball and Arrieta's Slider-Curveball.

[@jsimmons7929]

Mariano Rivera is my favorite pitcher of all time...I'm just speaking for myself. Not trying to belittle anyone else in history. Respect.

[@prophecy505]

pause at 13 seconds

[@jedievideos7308]

XDDDDDDDDDDDD LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@afterpodcast]

prophecy505 DID the EXACT same thing! Hahahah

[@notthed0d791]

Weirdest pitching form I’ve ever seen

[@joesakic91]

And yet, Mariano Rivera still has a pretty high number of saves and the highest save conversion percentage (89.2% saves converted 645 SV/723 SV Opp).

[@dillnog7194]

So good thank u

[@rainier798]

Yeah. I know. I only remembered that the catcher gave signs at the pitcher after I posted the comment

[@SAOrules]

The good lord blessed the world with Rivera.

[@braydonsanders3322]

Wow untouchable. Easily the best closer to ever step onto a mound

[@jvrock09]

0:13 thats gotta hurt

[@abominable36]

more men have landed on the moon than hit of riviera in clutch moments

[@leoadams6744]

The killer cutter.

[@jozhfy]

if i can show u my knucklchange, can u tell me how is it possible to do the drop it does?

[@robbiebudd6717]

Type Mariano Riviera on the iphone and it says "no replacement found" even the iphones know he's a god of baseball

[@jeyjeydosbalas]

Enter Sandman song starts* The other time "Fuck, we are screwed"

[@raymondmozurkewich3669]

yeah I thought so too

[@robbiewhite323]

It's Tom House not Howes

[@connortoriello2882]

Knowing what we know now with spin rates and tilt, this video was completely wrong with a lot of stuff lol

[@LakeShowBarber]

wait, so his cutter has the same spin as the 4 seam fast ball?

[@syco8920]

Jose M Corral No, it just *looks* like it does

[@Sxdious]

Ohh... Thanks!!

[@harrybaulzack6934]

Most batters actually use muscle memory and predict where the ball is not spin and all that stuff those are just lies that make the players sound more phenomenal than they actually are

[@frankhouse821]

toms got my last name

[@maryjudeangelinecabanatan4115]

Im rivera to my favorite pitch is cutter

[@joesakic91]

Having 40+ saves at the age of 43 is impressive despite having a high ERA. I love it when you hate the Yankees musik210. It just makes you seething in jealous envy just because we have more success than your favorite baseball team: past, present and future...

[@iamhungey12345]

He later changed his name to David Johnson but we know who he is when it comes to his post.

[@thejokab]

Don't discredit his training. He's worked hard and long and that can't be ignored.

[@iamhungey12345]

Exactly, people forget that he started working on his conditioning to help extend his career after his injury plagued 2002 season.

[@camiloalzate.7136]

deberian sacar esto en español

[@joesakic91]

Hmmmm...let me see. 1996: 5 SV/8 SVO 1997: 43 SV/52 SVO 1998: 36 SV/41 SVO 1999: 45 SV/49 SVO 1990s Total: 129 SV/150 SVO 2000: 36 SV/41 SVO 2001: 50 SV/57 SVO 2002: 28 SV/32 SVO 2003: 40 SV/46 SVO 2004: 53 SV/57 SVO 2005: 43 SV/47 SVO 2006: 34 SV/37 SVO 2007: 30 SV/34 SVO 2008: 39 SV/40 SVO 2009: 44 SV/46 SVO 2000s Total: 397 SV/437 SVO 2010: 33 SV/38 SVO 2011: 44 SV/49 SVO 2012: 5 SV/6 SVO 2013: 37 SV/42 SVO 2010s Total So Far: 119 SV/135 SVO Sorry hater.

[@jiripokorny8992]

Tom House worked with 2 indian pitchers, didn't he?

[@TartarianWorld]

ya

[@spcooper94]

There's no way his cutter only had 1600 RPM

[@whunterknight]

This was made before the statcast era

[@GozerTheGozerian]

This is a video illustrating the greatness of Mariano Rivera, a consummate professional and future Hall of Famer, and you morons are on here arguing about the NFL, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and other shit no one cares about. At 43, Mo has 40 saves and a 2.12 ERA, and that's a "bad" year for him? There are 23-year-olds who would kill for those numbers, and Cy Young winners who only dream of lasting as long as he has, let alone posting those numbers at 43 years old.

[@iamhungey12345]

Pollack Jared and his alt Jared Pollack was known to start bull crap on Yankees videos so it tells you something. Sometimes it gets crazy on other videos where he would claim that Unit 731 benefit humanity and some stupid shit. Sorry for the late post but yeah.

[@aljon5947]

Thats a two seamer’s spin…

[@TheGammingPie]

The best wood cutter in the mlb!

[@Sxdious]

Isn't No. 42 retired by all of the MLB teams?

[@rickymv007]

GOAT!

[@kimpk1288]

Hello pitching coach!? 4-5 different pitches?? He throws 3 pitches AT MOST: Cutter, 2 seamer, 4 seamer.

[@156.M]

sick...

[@DeansLILgirl]

No one beats Mo

[@CarsonRosa06]

It happens automatically

[@austinangelo2312]

how can he wear 42?? isnt it retired

[@michaeljeferson9118]

He had the number before it was retired

[@austinangelo2312]

when was it retired Michaeljeferson

[@michaeljeferson9118]

Austin Angelo april 15th 1997, it was the 50th anniversary of jackies first game

[@austinangelo2312]

kay thanks

[@jordanjaikaran9369]

it wasn't retired when he started playing so he was the last person to were the number

[@aayangaming6298]

Who is here from 2021

[@bludog6123]

I miss Mo !

[@christopherb27]

Four different pitches? He only uses one. He calls it the cutter and it came to be by accident warming up in the bullpen. Him throwing a true four seamer is rare. Still the best closer in baseball history and I'm a Reds fan. The Yankees dodged a bullet when Chapman came here. He's not a closer and that's what them and Boston were looking for.

[@parkerstaten7038]

thunbs up if u think mariano and chapman are equal i love the red but i love the yankees more

[@joaquinm5408]

My last name is Mariano

[@pollackjared8804]

No, Daisuke's pitch is not the 'ordinary' cutter. Is mariano's a normal cutter? No. use some brains TheMxcnut

[@moondoggyJ55]

rivera wore it before it was retired. he'll be the last to wear it

[@isaacnyc]

I saw him more than 10 years ago in Panama city i born there, i play too, he is with the grace of God im christian and i know what is the secret, there is not secret, is God... Try it out... You're goona see, btw i will go to new york to play in 2014, my first year, God with me..!

[@Elijahgavi]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😊

[@Hazztech]

This is edited like TikTok...

[@pollackjared8804]

He's always giving up scores when he's pitching....

[@joesakic91]

A "sucky" closer who is in the top five in saves in 2013 with 37. Not bad for an old man.

[@JaySmoothe27]

They showed his four, now leave.

[@pollackjared8804]

copied from matuzaka

[@joesakic91]

Well Pollack Jared, you didn't look it up properly. No wonder why you flunked baseball history class.

[@pollackjared8804]

you dont make sense. get educated

[@Tlohh]

randy Johnson looks like someone elses arm is sticking out of his shirt

[@pollackjared8804]

mariano sucks today.....he's getting too old too rusty

[@pollackjared8804]

as if i care?

[@robertlegacy7508]

Nope. One maybe two pitches. That’s all.