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breaking ball

[ brey-king bawl ]

noun

Baseball.
  1. any pitch in which the ball deviates from a straight path as it approaches the batter:

    If you’re not sure if it was a slider or a curve, just say it was a breaking ball.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of breaking ball1

First recorded in 1905–10
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But unlike their battle the previous night, this breaking ball was not off the plate, but rather knee high and over the inner half.

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Servais wants Hancock to continue to develop his breaking ball, which they are trying to make more like a slider with more break.

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He has good life on his low 90’s fastball, and advanced feel for locating his breaking ball and changeup.

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Marte said he was looking for a good pitch to hit and found it on a breaking ball down the middle.

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A former starter and a lefty with a good breaking ball, which is something worse than kryptonite to Mariners hitters, Heaney pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing five hits not a walk and two strikeouts.

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