split-finger fastball
Noun
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Noun
split-finger fastball
- (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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