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split-fingered fastball

split-fingered fastball is the alternative form 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.

Forms of split-fingered fastball

pluralsplit-fingered fastballs

Questions about split-fingered fastball

What is split-fingered fastball the alternative form of?
Split-fingered fastball is the alternative form of split-finger fastball.

Words near split-fingered fastball in the dictionary

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

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