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Matsuzaka, as always, is being coy about the "demon miracle pitch" as can be seen by his comments in this article [MLB.com]. Man, he's good.
For all you Newtonian physics fans, the great Professor Alan Nathan at the the Univeristy of Chicago has some scientific info on the ball on his website.
Personally, it looks just like a hard slider to me, but I think it's fantastic that there's an urban legend out there in baseball on par with cow tipping.
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