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

Etymologies

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junkball +‎ -er

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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 jirish 2010

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

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • 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 2009

  • 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.

    A Pitcher’s Last Flight 2007

  • 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." Ann Althouse 2007

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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 2011

  • 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 larry 2010

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