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  2. Slider (pitch) - Wikipedia

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    A common grip used to throw a slider. 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 typically exhibits more lateral movement when compared to other breaking balls, such as the curveball.

  3. Breaking ball - Wikipedia

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    A common grip of a slider. In baseball, a breaking ball is a pitch that does not travel straight as it approaches the batter; it will have sideways or downward motion on it, sometimes both (see slider). A breaking ball is not a specific pitch by that name, but is any pitch that "breaks", such as a curveball, slider, or screwball.

  4. Gyroball - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to early speculation that the gyroball was a late moving breaking ball, the fact that the pitch travels with a bullet-spin denotes that the baseball is stabilized, hence the lack of movement. In baseball, most pitches are thrown with back-spin, like the usual fastball, or with a top-spin, like the curveball and the slider.

  5. Are sliders destined to overtake fastballs as baseball's ...

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    In fact, 32.5% of all Giants pitches have been sliders or sweepers, with starter Anthony DeSclafani using his slider more often than his two fastballs combined.

  6. Pitch (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    A common grip of a slider. Well-thrown breaking balls have movement, usually sideways or downward. A ball moves due to the changes in the pressure of the air surrounding the ball as a result of the kind of pitch thrown. Therefore, the ball keeps moving in the path of least resistance, which constantly changes.

  7. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    A slider is the most common version, because a slider has more lateral motion than other breaking pitches (it curves down and 'slides' across the zone). backstop

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