It could be fun to see Veritek in a game now - calling time out before each pitch, studying the wristband and looking like a fresh-faced Elder in the MTC trying to memorize the discussions in a foreign language.

Ah, the simple days of 1 finger is fastball, 2 fingers is curveball and 3 fingers is change-up. Or as Schroeder would tell Charlie Brown: "One finger is the high fastball. Two fingers is the low fastball."

I saw an article on the gyroball recently - according to the article, it's not as revolutionary as people are saying - that Pedro Martinez actually threw it, although he didn't call it a "gyroball"