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“That day the pitch—and the name forkball—were both born.”
“I don't think that going to my forkball was the key.”
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“The term “Drop Ball” was probably also used by some reporters to refer to a forkball or to any other pitch that broke straight down as it neared the plate.”
“A good fastball will set up a forkball, which is a pitch that appears to be”
“Note: Cook’s sinker was also sometimes called a forkball.”
“In the early ’40s, the Chicago Daily News’ John P. Carmichael also referred to a forkball as a “dry spitter,” but the term seems to have disappeared shortly thereafter.”
“In Game 5 of the series, the Red Sox were trailing 5-4 and down to their last strike when Dave Henderson launched a Donnie Moore forkball into the left-field seats.”
“Could have thrown a mean forkball if he'd stuck with it.”
“So you give them the whole buffet: curves, sliders, fastballs, spitters, inshoots, and then a forkball at the head in the interest of batter humility.”
“Even Americans who don't know a forkball from a fork at least dimly understood that forces bigger than baseball were at work -- forces of national pride and identity.”
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My Little League Baseball Life
A big part of my life - for now. Maybe someday I'll have a "My Major League Baseball Life." If so, free tickets for all Wordies.
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Play Ball!
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whiffed, texas leaguer, spitter, around the horn, brushback, circus catch, forkball, knuckler, passed ball, sacrifice fly, switch hitter, backstop and 100 more...
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bal-; bol-; -bol; -ble and incau(gh)tious others
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The language of America's Pastime
Don't think baseball has its own language? Listen to a game on the radio with someone who knows nothing about it.
comebacker, forkball, drag bunt, slider, doubleheader, rainmaker, brushback, shoestring catch, screwball, seventh-inning st..., cutoff man, suicide squeeze and 9 more...
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