Who throws a slider anymore?

I know you guys are probably tired of baseball posts, but I couldn't help but post this (I promise, this will be a short baseball post, because I'm sure none of you care about, nor do I know, any interesting stories about how the slider, knuckleball, curve, fastball, change up, slurve, cutter, sinker, or gyroball were invented--yet. However, I do remember the movie Rookie of the Year, where Henry Rowengartner's mom, a great "pitcher" in her own right, tells him to "float it!" Actually, I do have an interesting story about that, but I elect to let you guys off for the day.)

(Aside: At softball games, I still yell to our pitcher to give the batter "the cheese! The HIGH STINKING CHEDDAR!" I don't know why, but I'm sure it doesn't embarrass Tricia, who wanted to bring a CD player to the games so she could play me entrance music when I came to bat.)

New Japanese Pitcher Technic! Video

Oh, and Deadspin, a hilarious sports blog, went to Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest and took some pictures and talked about meeting everyone. Enjoy that link here. Oh, and if you look close on that page, you can find the link to Kobayashi's "reversal".