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Noun Concept
Categories: Baseball pitches
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split-finger fastball  split-fingered fastball  split finger fastball  Split Fingered Fastball  splitter
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A split-finger fastball or splitter is an off-speed pitch in baseball that looks to the batter like a fastball until it drops suddenly. Wikipedia
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A split-finger fastball or splitter is an off-speed pitch in baseball that looks to the batter like a fastball until it drops suddenly. Wikipedia
A pitch in baseball Wikipedia Disambiguation
pitch in baseball, named after the technique of putting the index and middle finger on different sides of the ball; it appears to be a fastball initially, but near homeplate it suddenly moves downwards Wikidata
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. Wiktionary
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His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball. Wiktionary
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