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  2. Breaking ball - Wikipedia

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    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. Don Mattingly wrote in Don Mattingly's Hitting Is Simple: The ABC's of Batting .300 that "hitting a breaking ball is one of the toughest things you'll have to learn" due to the ball's very brief window in the strike ...

  3. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    A baseball bat is a smooth contoured round wooden or metal rod used to hit the ball thrown by the pitcher. A bat's diameter is larger at one end (the barrel-end) than at the other (the handle). The bottom end of the handle is the knob.

  4. Cut fastball - Wikipedia

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    An animated diagram of a cutter. In baseball, a cut fastball or cutter is a type of fastball that breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. [1] This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a four-seam fastball, as it is usually thrown faster than a slider but with more movement than a typical fastball. [1]

  5. Identifying baseball pitch types in 2023: A modern field ...

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    What is a cutter? A dart. Hitting the fairway on a dogleg hole. The slider-fastball midpoint. What does it look like? A cutter is a fastball with a hint of a slider’s bite.

  6. Batting (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    The introduction of aluminum baseball bats in the 1970s forever changed the game of baseball at every level but the professional. Aluminum bats are lighter and stronger than wooden bats. Due to the trampoline effect that occurs when a baseball hits an aluminum bat, they can hit a ball significantly further than wooden bats can.

  7. Shuuto - Wikipedia

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    A shot is more difficult to hit compared to a straight pitch because the batter must compensate for the eccentric movement of the ball between the time the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand and crosses home plate. American baseball utilizes terms such as slider, screwball, breaking ball, changeup or knuckleball instead of the Japanese term.

  8. What is Rob Manfred's 'golden at-bat' idea, and how would it ...

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    The idea is simple. Once a game, a manager gets to put his best batter at the plate regardless of where the batting order stands. So imagine, as a pitcher facing the Dodgers, you get Shohei Ohtani ...

  9. Changeup - Wikipedia

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    By pronating the wrist upon release, the pitcher can make the pitch break in the same direction as a screwball. More or less break will result from the pitcher's arm slot. Pedro Martínez used this pitch throughout his career to great effect, and many considered it to be his best pitch. [10] The most common type is the straight changeup.