split-fingered fastball

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split-fin·gered fastball (spl

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n. Baseball

A fastball thrown with the ball held between the index and middle finger, causing the ball to drop sharply near home plate.

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No references found			Bruce Sutter, the relief pitcher who helped to popularize the split-fingered fastball, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Tuesday. NEEDED: A HALL FOR `GOOSES' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Split-Fingered Fastball When hurlers grip the ball with their fingerpads as shown, it zips toward the batter at knee height then drops suddenly as it crosses the plate. Diamond details by Jack & Jill Breslaw said Jackson had a fastball - based on his current build, he'd probably be throwing close to 90 mph now, Breslaw thought - as well as "a heck of a curveball" and "a horseshoe changeup" that resembled a split-fingered fastball and "never did the same thing twice. Jackson has options if life throws curve by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			split pea split peas Split pease split personality split pin Split pulley split rail split ring split run split screen split second split shift split shifts split shot Split stitch Split stuff Split switch split ticket split tin split up split vertical photography Split wheel split wings split-brain split-brain technique split-fingered fastball split-half correlation split-level split-new split-off split-pea split-pea soup split-screen split-screen technique Split-tail Split-tongued split-up Splitfeet splits splitsaw splitsville Splitter splitting splitworm splodge splodgy sploosh splore splosh splotch splotched			Split, Yugoslavia Split, Yugoslavia Split, Yugoslavia Split, Yugoslavia split-altitude profile split-anode magnetron split-barrel sampler split-base concept split-batch charging split-brain split-brain Split-brain procedure Split-brain procedure split-brain state split-brain technique Split-C Split-complex number split-conductor cable Split-coupon bond Split-decision Split-decision Split-decisions Split-decisions split-face block split-face finish split-face machine Split-fee option Split-Fee Options split-field microtron Split-finger fastball split-fingered fastball Split-Funded Annuities Split-funded annuity split-half correlation split-half method split-hand deformity Split-Hand Foot Malformation with Sensorineural Hearing Loss Split-Hand/Foot Malformation 1 Split-Hand/Foot Malformation with Long Bone Deficiency Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Split-Horison Updates Split-leaf Philodendron Split-leaf Philodendron split-lens interference split-level split-level Split-level home Split-level home Split-level house split-levels split-levels split-new Split-Off Split-Off Split-Off Split-Off Initial Public Offering Split-Off Initial Public Offerings Split-Off IPO Split-Off IPOs Split-Offs Split-Offs

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