Reds' Johnny Cueto Adds Some Swag to His Pitching Motion, Shimmies During Windup

When your song comes on at the club. pic.twitter.com/aIdySdIn4B

The long-haired hurler went the distance against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, allowing just two hits and racking up 11 strikeouts in a 5-0 shutout.

He did it with a little help from a shimmy in his windup that he calls the “rocking chair”:

The official translation for the Cueto extra hitch we saw in his delivery is the "Rocking Chair"

— Jim Day (@JimDayTV) July 8, 2015

Cueto is up for the National League All-Star Game Final Vote, meaning that there’s a chance we could see the “rocking chair” during the Midsummer Classic.