In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally...
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Pitcher (redirect from Baseball pitching)
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal...
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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...
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In baseball, a submarine is a pitch in which the ball is released often just above the ground, but not underhanded, with the torso bent at a right angle...
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In baseball, hit by pitch (HBP) is an event in which a batter or his clothing or equipment (other than his bat) is struck directly by a pitch from the...
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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 pitch, pitched, pitches, or pitching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pitch may refer to: Pitch (music), the perceived frequency of sound including...
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In baseball, hit by pitch (HBP) is a situation in which a batter or his clothing or equipment (other than his bat) is struck directly by a pitch from...
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In baseball, a wild pitch (WP) is charged against a pitcher when his pitch is too high, too short, or too wide of home plate for the catcher to control...
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(Official Rules of Baseball, Rule 2.00 (Obstruction)). An Eephus pitch (q.v.); a trick pitch thrown like a slow-pitch softball pitch, with a high arcing...
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Softball (redirect from Slow pitch)
popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field and with only underhand pitches (where the ball...
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Cut fastball (redirect from Cutter (pitch))
In baseball, a cut fastball or cutter is a type of fastball that breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. This pitch is...
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2005 adaptation, aimed specifically at the U.S. market, is about baseball. Both Fever Pitch films feature real-life dramatic sporting victories, the original...
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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,...
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Balk (redirect from Balk (baseball))
In baseball, a pitcher may commit illegal motions or actions that constitute a balk. Most of these violations involve pitchers pretending to pitch when...
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A pitch clock (also known as a pitch timer) is used in various baseball leagues to limit the amount of time a pitcher uses before he throws the ball to...
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crown. Only one pitcher in the history of professional baseball has won three straight pitching Triple Crowns, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, achieving the feat in...
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In baseball statistics, pitch count is the number of pitches thrown by a pitcher in a game. Pitch counts are especially a concern for young pitchers, pitchers...
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not known how to make a pitch sink and how to make one hop. One method of throwing the sinker is to simply grip the baseball along the two seams and throw...
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In baseball, there are two legal pitching positions: the windup, and the set. Colloquially, the set is often referred to as "the stretch", although this...
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nearer the bowler), pitched up (nearer the batter), or pitched on a length (somewhere in between). Unlike in baseball, the word pitch does not refer to...
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In baseball, a brushback pitch is a pitch–usually a fastball–thrown high and inside the strike zone to intimidate the batter away from the plate on subsequent...
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Split-finger fastball (redirect from Splitter (pitch))
A split-finger fastball or splitter is an off-speed pitch in baseball that initially looks to the batter like a fastball but then seems to drop suddenly...
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Pitch in for Baseball and Softball Pitch In For Baseball & Softball (PIFBS) is a Pennsylvania-based non-profit 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to collecting...
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Aroldis Chapman (redirect from Fastest pitch ever recorded)
"the Cuban Flame Thrower". Chapman pitched for Holguín domestically and internationally for the Cuba national baseball team. He defected from Cuba in 2009...
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minor differences including pitch clock timing and extra-innings tiebreakers. These rules do not apply to the World Baseball Classic, which is organized...
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played. Baseball has no game clock, though some competitions feature pace-of-play regulations such as the pitch clock to shorten game time. Baseball evolved...
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three decimal places. In Major League Baseball, the winning pitcher is defined as the pitcher who last pitched prior to the half-inning when his team...
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A baseball is the ball used in the sport of baseball. It consists of a rubber or cork center wrapped in yarn and covered with white natural horsehide or...
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A no pitch is an umpire's ruling in baseball or softball in which a pitch thrown by a pitcher is neither a ball nor a strike. This is typically the umpire's...
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