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split-finger fastballs

split-finger fastballs is the plural of split-finger fastball.

Meaning of split-finger fastball

Noun

split-finger fastball (plural split-finger fastballs)

  1. 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.

Questions about split-finger fastballs

What is split-finger fastballs the plural of?
Split-finger fastballs is the plural of split-finger fastball.

Words near split-finger fastballs in the dictionary

  1. split-complex number
  2. split-complex numbers
  3. Split-Dalmatia
  4. split-finger
  5. split-finger fastball
  6. split-finger fastballs
  7. split-fingered fastball
  8. split-fingers
  9. split-flap display
  10. split-leaf philodendron
  11. split-level

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