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Dayn Perry of CBS wrote up a lovely breakdown of the wacky, almost flat-footed, side-arm pitching delivery of early-1900s Washington Senator righty Walter Johnson, as seen here:
A century later, pitchers are still inventing ways to flummox batters. Robert Coello of the Angels throws a knuckle-y forkball that's come to be known as the "WTF pitch":