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2. Breaking ball - Wikipedia

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   If a breaking ball fails to break, it is called a "hanging" breaking ball, specifically, a "hanging" curve or even more specifically a "cement mixer" if it is a "hanging" slider that just spins. The "hanger" presents a high, slow pitch that is easy for the batter to see, and often results in an extra-base hit or a home run.

3. Pitch (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. 12–6 curveball - Wikipedia

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   Depending on the situation and the type of pitcher, the 12–6 curveball may be more or less effective. Against a batter with the same handedness as the pitcher, the 12 to 6 curveball has been proven to be a very effective pitch in general, but the pitch is much easier to hit if the batter is the opposite handedness of the pitcher, making an 11 to 5 curveball the more effective pitch type in ...

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7. Detroit Tigers' Beau Brieske banking on new breaking ball ...

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   The new breaking ball is something between a slider and a curveball. Last spring, Brieske showed up to camp with an upper-80s slider and a low-80s curveball. He didn't use the curveball in games ...

8. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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   The ball Bonds hit for the record-breaking home run was subsequently branded with an asterisk before it was sent to the Baseball Hall of Fame. A holder of a single-season record accomplished the feat in a longer season, and thus had additional opportunities to break the record.

9. He's throwing a what? The 'sweeper' is MLB's latest pitching ...

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   It’s a variation of breaking ball distinguished by horizontal movement — more across than up and down. Sweepers are essentially a subset of sliders, an endpoint on a spectrum that includes ...