Sport Science on Rivera’s cutter

That clip aired during yesterday’s extra-long edition of Baseball Tonight, and it breaks down the physics of Mariano Rivera’s cut fastball. As it turns out, by the time the pitch starts to cut away from righties and in on lefties, it’s too late for the human eye to even pick up the movement. Sucks for the batters. Mariano was also on the set and discussed that clip as well as some other stuff, which you can watch here. Favorite quote: “Get it and throw it and let’s go home.”