split-finger fastball
Noun

split-finger fastball

  1. (baseball) A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index finger and middle finger; it has good velocity, may have a precessing spin, and sinks as it approaches the plate.
    His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball.



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