People who only know trivia knowledge without understanding circumstance or context like to interject that Murakami was the first Asian player. Murakami came to US in an exchange program. When he had to return, he went back to Japan. Nomo defied tradition and rules of Nippon baseball and Japanese culture to pursue his dream of playing in MLB. Because he broke away from the Japanese norm he was mocked and vilified. Nomo had everything to lose if he failed. What he accomplished is far greater than Murakami.
Every time they edit it starting from hands high above his head instead of from the very beginning of his pitching motion, I feel robbed. I want to see his entire delivery every time. That's what makes Nomo Nomo.
Had this game on the radio in that oh-so-cramped bedroom I had to share with my two brothers back at my parents' house. NEVER left the room until it was over. Man, Nomo kinda kept the Dodgers from fading out of the MLB picture after that ugly '94-'95 lockout. Not since Fernando was L.A. so into the team again because of him. One of the best pitchers Japan has ever produced and one of the most unique in terms of his tornado-like delivery on the mound. Too bad shoulder injuries kept him from having a more impressive MLB career than what he ended up with, but when he was healthy he was worth the price of admission. Was fortunate to catch his famous no-hitter against the Rockies at Coors Field on TV that same year ('96). Couldn't believe it could be done in THAT ballpark, lol... >;-D
I don't buy the standard explanation for his early success, the funky windup. He threw his '96 Coors Field no-hitter entirely from the stretch, I think due to the slippery footing on the mound that day. It was the splitter + mid 90s fastball combination that made him so effective early. The fastball started to slip by the end of '96, and it was barely hitting 90 after that. That gave hitters that extra split second to hold off the splitter. He eventually learned to pitch reasonably effectively without that high-end fastball.
Hideo's problem was injuries. He was coming off an injury when came to LA. I think if was injury free no record in the majors would've been beyond his reach.
I kind of encountered him at the US embassy. He was in a long line for a visa in which I was standing. He must have had so much hope for the future while I was devastated after failing to get a visa when I noticed Nomo happened to be there.
that pause before the ball release in his pitches are a big problem for the elbows. THat was fucking insane. This guy's basically wearing and tearing his elbows faster than most pitchers but he didnt give a fuck. Respect.
You can see why he was so successful early in his career. He had a mid 90's fastball, different types of forkball, plus that delivery made it extremely deceitful in figuring out what he was throwing. He also would slow down his delivery at times making it even harder to time the pitch.
@@mhz23 He didn't change his delivery exactly, he only went to the stretch instead for the Rockies nono game (a pitching form typically done when men are on base to reduce time from going to pitching form to the ball arriving at the catcher/home plate).
What's interesting is that in Japan Nomo was criticized for having a "bad" pitching form and was consistently told to fix it. When he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, he was not on good terms with the manager and pitching coach. Man were they wrong!
+NoJokes11B Well, they were correct in the long run. When batters caught on to his delivery in the MLB, he was horrible for quite some time before he steadied himself again.
ZhangtheGreat What I meant was how all players in Japan have the same pitching form and batting stance. Ichiro was the same. They told him he's great but should change his stance. He had a slump in the Majors too.
ESPN 30 for 30 talked about how Hideo got out of Japan. The documentary talked about how the Japanese teams basically put their pitchers through the entire game, regardless of score. He said his arm was basically dead at young age. Thank God he got out of Japan and got to MLB.
@@sgaxnikolaix661 It's America, not Japan's baseball, where Japanese pitchers always get hurt. American mounds are hard and balls are slippery Above all, the major league schedule is harder than in Japan. Most Japanese players get injured when they go to America.
I’m Japanese and it always pisses me off when fans hype up just Ichiro and Ohtani and forget the other great Japanese players. Ohtani himself realizes this. Being a student of the game he realizes that players such as Nomo, Matsui, and Darvish also paved the way for him to become the MLB star he is. With Nomo, he is the first star caliber Japanese player and Matsui, Matsuzaka, and Ichiro all talk about his success inspiring them to try to compete in the Majors. Were it not for injuries he could have challenged for a Cy Young imo.
I don't think anyone forgot It's only natural to talk about the current active players. Right now, people don't usually talk about Nagashima or oh sadaharu. That doesn't mean we forgot them Everyone would say Nomo paved the way for other japanese player. Besides, he doesn't appear in the media very much, so it's hard to talk about him.
Nomo was top of the news when he first come to the Dodgers, I remember following him the most in MLB at that time. It was Nomo and Dennis Rodman in the NBA that were huge stars that I followed. Good times
I remember when he just started pitching in the mid 90s batter's were having a hell of a time with his pitch. Was it because of his timing? I mean with his windup?
Watching Nomo in his prime, he looks artistic in his delivery, and the execution of the strikeouts is equally beautiful....good things are never meant to last I guess - the importance of keeping good health; notice what a slob he becomes later on.
+Jason Smith I think the league caught up to him. It was his delivery that fooled so many batters, but when they knew how to work against it, he began struggling massively. Still though, we have to give him credit for steadying himself and having at least a decent career.
The first half of his windup looks overdone, but the second half with his delivery looks skillful. Too bad he was just a flash in the pan and didn't last.
SargentDerpChannel Its not only about the actual calling of the game, it is about framing the pitches. If anyone could do it then pitchers wouldn't have a preference of certain catchers calling their games.
Mene Tekel okay preference is completely different dude. so your wrong. Every car can drive right? But people have preferences. of which care they get. But they still all drive.
People who only know trivia knowledge without understanding circumstance or context like to interject that Murakami was the first Asian player. Murakami came to US in an exchange program. When he had to return, he went back to Japan.
Nomo defied tradition and rules of Nippon baseball and Japanese culture to pursue his dream of playing in MLB. Because he broke away from the Japanese norm he was mocked and vilified. Nomo had everything to lose if he failed. What he accomplished is far greater than Murakami.
Tornado 🌪 style was my hero
Every time they edit it starting from hands high above his head instead of from the very beginning of his pitching motion, I feel robbed. I want to see his entire delivery every time. That's what makes Nomo Nomo.
Something more impressive happened in this game. Piazza actually threw out a runner at 3rd! :O
Piazza would throw out Veras again at 2nd in the sixth.
I came here to say this 😂 rare footage of a succesful CS from Piazza 🤣
The legend Hideo Nomo.
Man, I just saw his name on espn today and I instantly had to go watch him play!! Loved this dude💯❤️
So much style.
Wow. Fantastic. I can see that some of the batters are just saying, "what the hell just happened?"
poetry in motion
like poetry in motion
Had this game on the radio in that oh-so-cramped bedroom I had to share with my two brothers back at my parents' house. NEVER left the room until it was over. Man, Nomo kinda kept the Dodgers from fading out of the MLB picture after that ugly '94-'95 lockout. Not since Fernando was L.A. so into the team again because of him. One of the best pitchers Japan has ever produced and one of the most unique in terms of his tornado-like delivery on the mound. Too bad shoulder injuries kept him from having a more impressive MLB career than what he ended up with, but when he was healthy he was worth the price of admission. Was fortunate to catch his famous no-hitter against the Rockies at Coors Field on TV that same year ('96). Couldn't believe it could be done in THAT ballpark, lol...
>;-D
Nomo, Park, Kuroda= Dodger Legends... One of kind.⚾
I don't buy the standard explanation for his early success, the funky windup. He threw his '96 Coors Field no-hitter entirely from the stretch, I think due to the slippery footing on the mound that day. It was the splitter + mid 90s fastball combination that made him so effective early. The fastball started to slip by the end of '96, and it was barely hitting 90 after that. That gave hitters that extra split second to hold off the splitter. He eventually learned to pitch reasonably effectively without that high-end fastball.
Hideo's problem was injuries. He was coming off an injury when came to LA. I think if was injury free no record in the majors would've been beyond his reach.
Compare to other Japanese pitcher in MLB, his arm is healthy.
He once pitched 160 pitches in an 8-1 win, coaches are crazy in Japan
NPB coaches overwork their pitchers like crazy.
While I think he's an all-time great pitcher, almost all pitching records are unbreakable
Yea and they started to figure him out too. His forkball was an engima for the first 2 years
Dude had some crazy stuff!
damn that split is nasty
トルネード投法かっこよすぎ🌪
It was a sad day when Hideo decided not to play Nomo.
Stop it 😂
*slow clap*
As a Marlins fan I remember staying up late to watch this game , miss the 90s.
Nice
@@chriswilliamson9030 🤣🤣
I kind of encountered him at the US embassy. He was in a long line for a visa in which I was standing. He must have had so much hope for the future while I was devastated after failing to get a visa when I noticed Nomo happened to be there.
My god that pitch is so weird but awesome.
He is legend
that pause before the ball release in his pitches are a big problem for the elbows. THat was fucking insane. This guy's basically wearing and tearing his elbows faster than most pitchers but he didnt give a fuck. Respect.
0:48 love the umps call
Damn against my fish too. And this wasn't against the expansion Marlins. This was against the squad that won it all the next year. Impressive.
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You can see why he was so successful early in his career. He had a mid 90's fastball, different types of forkball, plus that delivery made it extremely deceitful in figuring out what he was throwing. He also would slow down his delivery at times making it even harder to time the pitch.
Sean Vaughn The funny thing is that he was criticized earlier in his career for refusing to change his unorthodox delivery.
Mene Tekel Yup. And then he changed it in Colorado and pitched his first no-no.
+mhz23 umm what? These are still the same mechanics from his nono is Colorado
@@mhz23 He didn't change his delivery exactly, he only went to the stretch instead for the Rockies nono game (a pitching form typically done when men are on base to reduce time from going to pitching form to the ball arriving at the catcher/home plate).
Nomo’s splitter would be in the repertoire of my model for the perfect pitcher.
If I were a young pitcher starting out I would be a fastball/splitter pitcher. Just look at nomo, Clemens, Schilling, etc.
That's a funky delivery!
+Marjenk77 The Tornado Windup!
And they didn’t show the whole thing, they called him the Tornado.
What's interesting is that in Japan Nomo was criticized for having a "bad" pitching form and was consistently told to fix it. When he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, he was not on good terms with the manager and pitching coach. Man were they wrong!
+NoJokes11B Well, they were correct in the long run. When batters caught on to his delivery in the MLB, he was horrible for quite some time before he steadied himself again.
ZhangtheGreat What I meant was how all players in Japan have the same pitching form and batting stance. Ichiro was the same. They told him he's great but should change his stance. He had a slump in the Majors too.
ESPN 30 for 30 talked about how Hideo got out of Japan. The documentary talked about how the Japanese teams basically put their pitchers through the entire game, regardless of score. He said his arm was basically dead at young age. Thank God he got out of Japan and got to MLB.
@@ZhangtheGreat he had to learn how to pitch without a high velocity fastball.
@@sgaxnikolaix661
It's America, not Japan's baseball, where Japanese pitchers always get hurt. American mounds are hard and balls are slippery Above all, the major league schedule is harder than in Japan. Most Japanese players get injured when they go to America.
I’m Japanese and it always pisses me off when fans hype up just Ichiro and Ohtani and forget the other great Japanese players. Ohtani himself realizes this. Being a student of the game he realizes that players such as Nomo, Matsui, and Darvish also paved the way for him to become the MLB star he is. With Nomo, he is the first star caliber Japanese player and Matsui, Matsuzaka, and Ichiro all talk about his success inspiring them to try to compete in the Majors. Were it not for injuries he could have challenged for a Cy Young imo.
I don't think anyone forgot It's only natural to talk about the current active players. Right now, people don't usually talk about Nagashima or oh sadaharu. That doesn't mean we forgot them Everyone would say Nomo paved the way for other japanese player. Besides, he doesn't appear in the media very much, so it's hard to talk about him.
Nomo was top of the news when he first come to the Dodgers, I remember following him the most in MLB at that time. It was Nomo and Dennis Rodman in the NBA that were huge stars that I followed. Good times
One outs manga brought me here T T, so good.
Ump is super into it
I remember in LA sports radio highlights. Nono made sashimi out of the Marlins.
Legend
폼 멋잇다 피지컬좋고 잘생기고..
Don’t see the splitter being thrown much anymore. David Cone would use it at times and I think Roger Clemens would as well.
Ohtani throws it.
you are lying if you are saying you never tried to emulate his windup at least once
nomosan!
I remember when he just started pitching in the mid 90s batter's were having a hell of a time with his pitch. Was it because of his timing? I mean with his windup?
1986年に、トロント・ブルージェイズで、アメリカンリーグのホームラン王を獲得したジェシー・バーフィールドが、1993年に日本の巨人でプレーしていた。
東京ドームで試合前に、ジェシー・バーフィールドが、息子である10歳のジョシュ・バーフィールドと、5歳のジェレミー・バーフィールドと3人で、キャッチボールをしていた。
当時、18歳の高校3年生の私は、バックネット裏から、バーフィールド親子の光景を眺めていた。
突然、2人の息子たちが、野茂英雄のトルネード投法を真似し始めた。
しかも、真似が上手かった。
巨人はセ・リーグの球団で、野茂はパ・リーグの選手だった。
だから、あまり交流する機会がないはずだが、
なぜかバーフィールドの子供が、野茂英雄を知っていて、私は密かに驚いていた。
野茂英雄が渡米し、ドジャースに移籍して活躍したのは1995年だったから、
1993年の当時は、アメリカ大陸やアメリカ人にとって、野茂英雄は有名ではなかった。
しかし、1992年の日米野球で日本に来日したMLB関係者や、日本の球団に移籍してプレーする外国人、家族、関係者にとっては、野茂英雄がよく話題になっていたそうだ。
ユニークなトルネード投法、三振を奪うドクターKが、インパクトが強く、強烈な印象を残していた。
そういうエピソードが、2023年になって、約30年ぶりに思い出された・・・
His form is very funny but his skill is very good so my memory have a lingering impression
Yamamoto needs to watch this
Watching Nomo in his prime, he looks artistic in his delivery, and the execution of the strikeouts is equally beautiful....good things are never meant to last I guess - the importance of keeping good health; notice what a slob he becomes later on.
+Jason Smith I think the league caught up to him. It was his delivery that fooled so many batters, but when they knew how to work against it, he began struggling massively. Still though, we have to give him credit for steadying himself and having at least a decent career.
I caught a foul ball at that game off the bat of Devon White. (He came around late on a fast ball.)👍🏻
Let's not forget who's catching the ball for him!!?
The Japanese made a big contribution to American baseball and the weather
Tornado Nomo Fujita-Pearson scale
thats some crazy bugs bunny windup
More like the Tasmania devil but the bugs bunny thing was funnier
makes batters look silly
Can't believe he not even twist his ankles every time he pitching.. lucky didn't injury for ankle rotation throwing
That fork ball!
Much cooler than any anime player.
No more hit!
Was Nomo good?
Nah he only struck out 17
Does anyone remember that ESPN analyst who predicted Nomo would not succeed in MLB because Asians were not physically able to play at that level?
偉大な竜巻だ｡
Where’s Vin
This is the Marlins feed
RYU PITCHED TODAY 07/26/19
乾淨俐落
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Please...no more!!
Korean
can you say hideo nono? //```` :)
TWICE!
I called him Hid K o
노모 히데오
아시아의 자랑
The first half of his windup looks overdone, but the second half with his delivery looks skillful. Too bad he was just a flash in the pan and didn't last.
I agree I mean sooner or later batter will catch on to his delivery. Which they did. Still I think he had a decent career.
私の兄と、空耳で聞きました。
日子。
Imagine if he had a real catcher calling the game instead of Piazza.
Piazza was a real catcher, best Ive ever seen.
SargentDerpChannel
Piazza was a 1B or DH playing catcher.
Mene Tekel Any idiot can call pitches it doesnt take a genius, I dont think that that has anything to do with defense.
SargentDerpChannel
Its not only about the actual calling of the game, it is about framing the pitches. If anyone could do it then pitchers wouldn't have a preference of certain catchers calling their games.
Mene Tekel okay preference is completely different dude. so your wrong. Every car can drive right? But people have preferences. of which care they get. But they still all drive.
❤
미쳤다 미쳤어
1:04