Vulcan changeup

The Vulcan changeup (German: Vulcan changeup ) is a throwing technique a pitcher in baseball. Here, the ball is thrown with the throwing motion of a straight fastball, but is clamped between the middle and ring fingers to slow the pitch intentionally ( changeup ). This is to the opposing batsman be tempted to to early hitting, also takes the unusual finger placement a difficult ausrechenbare tumbling motion instead.

In Major League Baseball the Vulcan changeup Dodgers pitcher Éric Gagné and his MLB colleagues Joe Nelson was made popular by the longtime Los Angeles. Nelson is also considered the godfather of the litter. He said: "I wanted to baptize the litter either Nanu Nano or the Vulcan, and Spock seemed cooler than Mork me. " This makes the spread of the middle and ring fingers on the " Vulkaniergruß " from the TV series Star Trek on.