Atlanta Braves' John Gant Has a Confusing and Funky Windup
By Kyle Koster
If you’re wondering why Gant does this, he doesn’t have an answer.
"“I just started doing it one day. I don’t know where it came from. A catcher on one of my teams in the Minor Leagues imitated me and I said, I don’t really do that, do I? He said, ‘Yeah, that’s how you really pitch.’ I guess it has grown a little bit since then and it feels right. So, I do it.”"
The 23-year-old used his perfectly legal motion to befuddle Washington Nationals hitters en route to a scoreless inning.
This is all fun and games until he pitches on the road and 35,000 people scream for a balk on every single delivery.