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cut fastballs

cut fastballs is the plural of cut fastball.

Meaning of cut fastball

Noun

cut fastball (plural cut fastballs)

  1. A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball
    • His cut fastball tends to break bats.
    Synonyms:
    cutter

Questions about cut fastballs

What is cut fastballs the plural of?
Cut fastballs is the plural of cut fastball.

Words near cut fastballs in the dictionary

  1. cut deeper than a knife
  2. cut down
  3. cut down the tall poppy
  4. cut down to size
  5. cut fastball
  6. cut fastballs
  7. cut for sign
  8. cut from the same cloth
  9. cut glass
  10. cut ice
  11. cut in

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