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  • noun baseball An off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard.

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Examples

  • Yesterday at Yankee Stadium, during a game that was the first live Webcast in MLB history, Hernandez gave his "eephus" pitch a workout.

    USATODAY.com - El Duque's trick pitch is finally solved 2002

  • I felt really sorry for fans of other teams who never knew the joy of stuffing their faces with French fries slathered in gravy and melted cheese curds while watching Pascual Perez throw eephus pitches as his jheri curls dripped to the turf.

    Jonah Keri: Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, and Being an Expos Fan 2010

  • Torrealba connected in the sixth inning, three pitches after watching one of Livan Hernandez's trademark '' eephus '' offerings poke across the plate for a strike - so slow it didn't register on the stadium scoreboard radar.

    USATODAY.com - Baseball - Arizona vs. Colorado 2006

  • "All the Pitches We Could Find (okay, most of them)" details the origins of the eephus, foshball, slurve and sneaky fastball (aren't they all?), and James lists "The Best Fastballs of Each Half-Decade."

    BASEBALL: ALL ABOUT BELLY ITCHERS 2007

  • In the last five years, people have been using the term “blooper” or “eephus” to refer to what we might call a ridiculously slow curveball.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • Note: Perez would throw an eephus pitch a couple of times a game.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • In the last five years, people have been using the term “blooper” or “eephus” to refer to what we might call a ridiculously slow curveball.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • In the last five years, people have been using the term “blooper” or “eephus” to refer to what we might call a ridiculously slow curveball.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • Note: Perez would throw an eephus pitch a couple of times a game.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

  • Note: Perez would throw an eephus pitch a couple of times a game.

    The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004

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  • This word is the answer to a crossword puzzle clue: slow, high pitch. It was in the Chicago Tribune Sunday puzzle section on September 7.

    September 14, 2009