Brushback, Horsehide, Pearod and Wheelhouse are all terms used in which sport?
"The right of every American to first-class citizenship is the most important issue today," reads Robinson's
brushback pitch of an opening line.
Throughout her reporting, emotions ran high due to the legendary status of Paterno, and more than once Ganim received
brushback from supporters who felt any negative coverage, no matter how truthful, was unnecessary and hurtful.
At the plate, he stepped back from a
brushback pitch, worked the count to ball four, and trotted to first.
SOUTHBRIDGE - Town Manager Christopher Clark saw his first
brushback pitch from town councilors.
And that "disingenuous" was definitely a
brushback pitch.
It is "so accepted by custom that a pitch intentionally thrown at a batter has it's own terminology: '
brushback,' 'beanball,' 'chin music.'"
Allen Barra is the author of
Brushback and Knockdowns: The Greatest Baseball Debates of Two Centuries.
Added to the emotional tinder of the pennant race was the growing hostility between the teams;
brushback pitches and bench jockeying, especially from Marichal and Dodgers Roseboro and Maury Wills, were common.
And knockdown or
brushback pitches were for all practical purposes removed from a hurler's arsenal.
In his prime, he batted fifth in the order, behind Williams and Vern Stephens, and he saw a lot of
brushback pitches, dusted himself off and dug in again; he figured that made him a better hitter.