breaking ball
Pitch with movement
A breaking ball is a pitch in baseball that curves, drops, or otherwise deviates from a straight path as it approaches the batter.
The term encompasses curveballs, sliders, and similar pitches that "break" rather than traveling in a direct line: He's got a nasty breaking ball that drops right off the table.
Pitch with spin-induced arc
- sliderAdjustable interface element
- slurveSlider-curve hybrid pitch
- knucklecurvePitch gripped with knuckles
- screwballDeceptive breaking pitch
sweeper · bender · hook · yakker · hammer · roundhouse · power curve
Maximum-speed baseball throw
- changeupDeliberately slow pitch
- sinkerWeight on fishing line
- cutterOne who severs
- splitterSomething that separates
two-seam · four-seam · knuckleball · forkball
Rapid rotation around axis
- gripSecure manual hold
- rotationTurning on an axis
- release pointWhere projectile departs hand
- arm anglePitching limb orientation
wrist snap · finger pressure · seam · tunnel · movement · bite · drop · sweep
curveball
Pitch with spin-induced arc
- sliderAdjustable interface element
- slurveSlider-curve hybrid pitch
- knucklecurvePitch gripped with knuckles
screwball · sweeper · bender · hook · yakker · hammer · roundhouse · power curve
fastball
Maximum-speed baseball throw
splitter · two-seam · four-seam · knuckleball · forkball
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
- gripSecure manual hold
- rotationTurning on an axis
- release pointWhere projectile departs hand
arm angle · wrist snap · finger pressure · seam · tunnel · movement · bite · drop · sweep · depth
deception
Intentional misleading of others
fade · tail · buckle · freeze · whiff · chase · fooled · backdoor · front door · buried
strikeout
Batter retired on pitches
- punchoutDecisive finishing strike
- called strikePitch ruled in zone
- lookingUsing eyes to observe
- pitchfastball, curveball, slider, changeup, sinker
- pitchingfastball, slider, curveball, changeup, sinker
- projectile physicstrajectory, projectile motion, launch angle, velocity, gravity
- throwsthrow, toss, hurl, fling, cast
- slider typesmini burger, volume slider, brightness slider, scrubber, sliding puzzle
- Gaelic sportssolo, hand pass, kickout, point, goal