the sinker are able to throw the pitch almost exclusively, as it forces weak contact and ground balls, allowing them to rely less on secondary pitches in...

baseball pitch Sinker (mining), a person who is employed to sink new shafts Sinker, a character in Beyond the Black Stump, an Australian comic strip Sinker nail...

because of the trajectories. The most common fastball pitches are: Cutter Four-seam fastball Sinker Split-finger fastball Two-seam fastball Well-thrown...

unpredictable movement than sinkers with less substantial SSW effects. While all pitches experience SSW effects to some degree, sinkers with pronounced seam-shifted...

In baseball, a slider is a type of breaking ball, a pitch that moves or "breaks" as it approaches the batter. Due to the grip and wrist motion, the slider...

Notes". baseballaero. Retrieved July 14, 2023. "AN INTRODUCTION TO SEAM-SHIFTED WAKES AND THEIR EFFECT ON SINKERS". driveline. Retrieved July 14, 2023....

An eephus pitch (also spelled ephus) in baseball is a very high-arcing off-speed pitch. The delivery from the pitcher has very low velocity and often catches...

breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a four-seam fastball, as it is usually...

tendinitis. His fastest pitch of 2018 was 104.4 miles an hour, second-best in MLB only to pitches by Jordan Hicks. His sinker had the highest average...

In baseball and softball, the curveball is a type of pitch thrown with a characteristic grip and hand movement that imparts forward spin to the ball,...

An emery ball is an illegal pitch in baseball, in which the ball has been altered by scuffing it with a rough surface, such as an emery board or sandpaper...

ball pitchers rely on pitches that are low in the strike zone with substantial downward movement, such as splitters and sinker balls. Most baseball analysts...

specific pitch by that name, but is any pitch that "breaks", such as a curveball, slider, or screwball. A pitcher who primarily uses breaking ball pitches is...

pitched ball in specific ways. Commonly employed pitches include the curveball, the slider, the two-seam fastball, the four-seam fastball, the sinker...

from its position in the line score. Sometimes said of a sinker or drop ball, implying that a pitch suddenly moved downward as if through a trap door. Ideally...

ex., Aroldis Chapman. Other common types of pitches are the curveball, slider, changeup, cutter, sinker, screwball, forkball, split-fingered fastball...

closer Drew Storen. He also reached 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) with his sinker for the first time in his major league career during the first half of the...

A two-seam fastball is a pitch in baseball and softball. It is a variant of the straight fastball. The pitch has the speed of a fastball and can also...

Bob Feller said, "Bob had a good curve, a good slider, and a vicious sinker pitch. He wasn't overly fast, but he always stayed ahead of the hitters and...

A knuckleball or knuckler is a baseball pitch thrown to minimize the spin of the ball in flight, causing an erratic, unpredictable motion. The air flow...

In baseball, the vulcan changeup pitch (otherwise known as a vulcan or trekkie) is a type of changeup; it closely resembles a forkball and split-finger...

In baseball, the strike zone is the volume of space through which a pitch must pass in order to be called a strike even if the batter does not swing....

started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter of a game. Starting pitchers are expected to pitch for a significant portion of the...

writing about pitching, where he breaks down pitchers and their pitches, such as Shohei Ohtani and his new sinker He is also the lead Pitching Analyst for...

in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A spitball is a now-illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance...

co-creator and star Chris Estrada". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-07-29. Sinker, Dan (2023-07-28). "Chris Estrada Is the Hardest Working Man in Comedy"...

four-seamer, or a cross-seam fastball, is a pitch in baseball. It is a member of the fastball family of pitches and is usually the fastest ball thrown by...

A screwball is a baseball and fastpitch softball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a slider or curveball. Depending on...

A changeup is a type of pitch in baseball and fastpitch softball. The changeup is a staple off-speed pitch often used in a pitcher's arsenal, usually thrown...

averaged less than 86 mph. Maddux was also noted for the late movement on his sinker (two-seam fastball), which, combined with his control, made him known as...