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Here's a work of genius from graphic artist Drew Sheppard (here's Drew's site), which originally appeared in the comments over at Lone Star Ball ...

That, friends and strangers, is Yu Darvish throwing five different pitches at once. Sorcery.

In very much related news, Darvish on Wednesday night struck out 11 Angels over the course of six shutout innings. Hardly surprising in light of what we see above. Or perhaps that's finally a glimpse of the gyroball in captivity.

In conclusion: Sorcery.