In baseball, a slide is the action of a player, acting as a baserunner, who drops his body to the ground once he is very close to the base he is approaching...
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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...
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Look up slide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Slides. Slide or Slides may refer to: Slide, California, former...
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dance techniques Slide (baseball), an attempt by a baseball runner to avoid getting tagged out Sliding (motion) Slide (disambiguation) Slider (disambiguation)...
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series Cyberchase Slider (cricket), a type of delivery bowled by a wrist spin bowler Slider (pitch), a breaking ball pitch in baseball Slider, mascot for the...
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In the sport of baseball, each of the nine players on a team is assigned a particular fielding position when it is their turn to play defense. Each position...
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Louisville Slugger with Ted Williams' autograph, and baseball cards. The family have detoured down "Slide Inn Road", which Grandpop states is a shortcut to...
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Designer Harry Carey filmography List of baseball films "Progressive Silent Film List: Slide, Kelly, Slide". silentera.com. Retrieved June 19, 2009....
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Baseball has provided thematic material for hits on both stage—the Adler–Ross musical Damn Yankees—and record—George J. Gaskin's "Slide, Kelly, Slide"...
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Slide, Donald, Slide is an American animated short film directed by Jack Hannah. In the short film, Spike the Bee listens to classical music while Donald...
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had been using the slide since its installation, with one woman sending a letter of complaint to the city after sustaining a "baseball" sized injury on...
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In American slang, baseball metaphors for sex are often used as euphemisms for the degree of physical intimacy achieved in sexual encounters or relationships...
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curveball, the slider, the two-seam fastball, the four-seam fastball, the sinker, the cutter and the changeup. In the early, mid-1800s days of baseball, there...
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League Divisional playoffs and broke his leg, Major League Baseball instituted the "bona-fide slide" rule. The runner must make contact with the ground before...
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A baseball glove or mitt is a large glove worn by baseball players of the defending team, which assists players in catching and fielding balls hit by a...
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kick, but may instead release the ball more quickly by using the slide step. Baseball portal First-pitch strike Bowling, the equivalent in cricket Throwing...
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Base running (redirect from Runner (baseball))
slide head first, pop up and hook slides". Pro Baseball Insider. Retrieved 2017-10-07. Grant Brisbee (2016-02-25). "MLB's changes to takeout slides are...
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tri-glide slide so that it can be quickly adjusted to fit different wearers' heads. The baseball hat is a part of the traditional baseball uniform worn...
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King Kelly (category American baseball players)
baseball poem "Casey at the Bat", sometimes butchering it. Kelly's baserunning innovations are also the subject of the hit 1889 song entitled "Slide,...
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College baseball is baseball that is played by student-athletes at institutions of higher education. In the United States, college baseball is sanctioned...
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This is a list of films about baseball, featuring notable films where baseball plays a central role in the development of the plot. List of sports films...
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Cut fastball (redirect from Cutter (baseball))
This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a four-seam fastball, as it is usually thrown faster than a slider but with more movement than a typical...
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Slurve (category Baseball pitches)
a baseball pitch in which the pitcher throws a curve ball as if it were a slider. The pitch is gripped like a curve ball, but thrown with a slider velocity...
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baseball bat, used for warming up during a baseball game. A doughnut can help increase bat speed. Baseball portal Baseball Baseball uniform Baseball field...
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Jurickson Profar (category Curaçao expatriate baseball players in the United States)
February 20, 1993) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for...
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competitions, including youth leagues, high school, and college baseball.) A good slide is often more advantageous than such contact, and "malicious" contact...
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Curveball (redirect from Lord Charles (baseball pitch))
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, causing...
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American Baseball Research. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2016. Appel, Marty (March 18, 1999). Slide, Kelly, Slide: The...
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Jackson Jobe (category Baseball pitchers)
LEITNER. "Baseball: Son of Dubuque native a top MLB draft prospect". TelegraphHerald.com. "Jackson Jobe boasts an impressive slider". Baseball Prospect...
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to former Major League Baseball player Pete Rose, known for sliding headfirst into bases. Rose agreed never to work in baseball again due to an accused...
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