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- noun Plural form of
forkball .
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Beginning in the 1920s, pitches begin to develop—knuckleballs and forkballs and, later, sliders—which are clearly “breaking pitches” in the sense that they are not simple fastballs or changes, but which are not called “curves.”
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Note: According to the 1996 Scouting Notebook, in 1995 Bautista gave up a number of home runs on hanging forkballs.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Here is a guy who throws harder than Al Holland and all he wants to do is throw forkballs.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Note: According to the 1996 Scouting Notebook, in 1995 Bautista gave up a number of home runs on hanging forkballs.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Fadeaways, knuckleballs, forkballs … all of them were simply described as “slow ball,” at least occasionally.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Note: According to the 1996 Scouting Notebook, in 1995 Bautista gave up a number of home runs on hanging forkballs.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Fadeaways, knuckleballs, forkballs … all of them were simply described as “slow ball,” at least occasionally.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Here is a guy who throws harder than Al Holland and all he wants to do is throw forkballs.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Beginning in the 1920s, pitches begin to develop—knuckleballs and forkballs and, later, sliders—which are clearly “breaking pitches” in the sense that they are not simple fastballs or changes, but which are not called “curves.”
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Beginning in the 1920s, pitches begin to develop—knuckleballs and forkballs and, later, sliders—which are clearly “breaking pitches” in the sense that they are not simple fastballs or changes, but which are not called “curves.”
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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