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  2. Pitch (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be thrown underhand, much like "pitching in horseshoes". Overhand pitching was not allowed in baseball until 1884. The biomechanics of pitching have been studied extensively.

  3. Sidearm (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    In baseball, sidearm is a motion for throwing a ball along a low, approximately horizontal plane rather than a high, mostly vertical plane . Sidearm is a common way of throwing the ball in the infield, because many throws must be made hurriedly from the glove after fielding ground balls. An infielder's quickest throw to the bases is often from ...

  4. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    A throw is airmailed over the head of San Francisco Giants first baseman Pablo Sandoval. Slang for a fielder's errant throw that sails high over the player to whom he intended to throw the ball. For example, if the third baseman were to throw the ball over the first baseman's head and into the stands, he is said to have "airmailed" the throw.

  5. Fastball - Wikipedia

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    Although it is impossible for a human to throw a baseball fast enough and with enough backspin for the ball to actually rise, to the batter the pitch seems to rise due to the unexpected lack of natural drop on the pitch. Colloquially, a fastball pitcher is said to "throw heat" or "put cream on it", among many other variants. [2]

  6. Overhand throw - Wikipedia

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    The overhand (or overhead) throw is a single-handed throw of a projectile where the object is thrown above the shoulder. The overhand throw is a complex motor skill that involves the entire body in a series of linked movements starting from the legs, progressing up through the pelvis and trunk, and culminating in a ballistic motion in the arm ...

  7. Pitching position - Wikipedia

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    Mariano Rivera, closer for the New York Yankees, having come set Jimmy Haynes of the Cincinnati Reds, pitching from the set, just before the time of pitch. A pitcher is in the set when, with the ball, they stand on, or directly in front of—and touching—the pitching rubber, with their toes pointing toward the side (toward third base for a right-handed pitcher) and their arms apart at their ...

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