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four-seam fastball

four-seam fastball noun: a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers.

Noun

four-seam fastball (plural four-seam fastballs)

  1. A backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

Forms of four-seam fastball

pluralfour-seam fastballs

Questions about four-seam fastball

What does four-seam fastball mean?
Four-seam fastball means a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers.
What part of speech is four-seam fastball?
Four-seam fastball is a noun.
What is the plural of four-seam fastball?
The plural of four-seam fastball is four-seam fastballs.

Words near four-seam fastball in the dictionary

  1. four-quadrant
  2. four-ring
  3. four-rings
  4. Four-Russians
  5. four-score
  6. four-seam fastball
  7. four-seam fastballs
  8. four-seamer
  9. four-seamers
  10. four-seater
  11. four-seaters

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