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Wiktionary

  1. n. tennis, baseball, sometimes derogatory One who relies on technique rather than speed when launching the ball.

Etymologies

  1. junkball +‎ -er (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Well, you say nice things about how he's learned to be a crafty junkballer which is an admirable way for him to extend his career when he used to be a strikeout pitcher with good stuff.”

    Comments for FanGraphs Baseball

  • “MIAMI (AP) - Against junkballer Jamie Moyer, those home run swings the Florida Marlins like to take produced mostly feeble grounders and popups.”

    USATODAY.com

  • “I think the idea was that Robertson is a fastball pitcher and with two out and no one on you want a junkballer against Kendrick.”

    Yanks-Angels: Game 3 | ATTACKERMAN

  • “In baseball parlance, he was a junkballer, a back-of-the-rotation veteran who could be counted on to eat up innings, win a few games and not much more.”

    Newsweek: A Pitcher’s Last Flight

  • “Having a pitching staff headed by a limping head case, a 60 year old Cuban junkballer, and a cross dresser is getting a lot of Met fans pissed off.”

    "You may have seen that some Hillary Clinton 'sock puppets' were recently outed on a New Hampshire blog, to the campaign’s great embarrassment."

  • “Note: According to Total Baseball, Ferrell lost his good fastball in 1933 and was forced to make the adjustment to junkballer.”

    Simon & Schuster: The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers

  • “He held his own at the back of the White Sox's rotation for 28 starts last year 12-6, 4.64 ERA, but at this stage of his career, the 35-year-old Garcia is a junkballer with a high-80s fastball who relies heavily on a changeup that is only about six or seven miles per hour slower.”

    SI.com

  • “White Sox fans universally noted the devolution of Garcia into a junkballer during the 2006 season, with across the board velocity drops.”

    South Side Sox

  • “She's also reluctant to think of herself as a junkballer because when her stuff is working it ranks right up there with the best in the league.”

    The Bellingham Herald: Sports News

  • “And that deep ball of his is better than you may think -- he's no junkballer.”

    Yahoo! Sports - Top News

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