An invention attributed to Rip Sewell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1940s. According to manager Frankie Frisch, the pitch was named by outfielder Maurice Van Robays. When asked what it meant, Van Robays replied, "'Eephus ain't nothing, and that's a nothing pitch." Although the origin is not known for certain, Eephus may come from the Hebrew word "efes" (pronounced "EFF-ess"), meaning "nothing."Naturally, I checked YouTube to see if anyone had posted footage of Hamilton throwing The Folly Floater, and found this. It's from July 24, 1970, when the Yankees played a double-header with the Cleveland Indians. The batter is Tony Horton, who fouls off The Folly Floater -- and then tells Hamilton to try another one. That doesn't work out, either. The high-energy announcer describing the action is Phil Rizzuto...
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