Sentences with phrase «curveball pitched»

That comedic curveball pitched your Miis as stars of their very own apartment - block drama — the funny little avatars based off your friends expressing their weirdest inner thoughts and enjoying unpredictable relationships.

Not exact matches

Has the first pitch to Ciriaco as a 46mph curveball about a foot over the head of the batter listed as a called strike.

Adam Wainwright looked absolutely gassed in the postseason last year, pitching backwards, curveball - first, because he wasn't sure if his fastball would go where he wanted, as fast as he wanted.

You mean the astros taught him a pitch in a few months and the pitcher whisperer Ray can't teach him a change up, a better curveball, or to somehow get the nasty slider to be there most nights?

He does so through engrossing portraits of pitching masters, from Candy Cummings, the reputed inventor of the curveball, to Bruce Sutter, the popularizer of the split - finger fastball.

Rich Hill's curveball is one of the best pitches around.

But when you do separate them statistically, the pitchers who pitch too much are the ones who get hurt, whether they throw a curveball or not.»

A 2002 study2 found associations between breaking pitches and arm pain; however, it was (unexpectedly) the slider which correlated with increased risk of elbow pain and the curveball that was linked with increased risk of shoulder pain.

Little League did not institute a ban on curve balls, and, in light of new research suggesting that the pitch does not, contrary to conventional wisdom, put more strain on a young pitcher's elbow than other pitches (indeed, the research suggests curveballs place less stress on the elbow than a fastball), was perhaps correct in not doing so.

You can compare it to the Ted Williams [urban legend in baseball]-- they say he could see the stitching on the ball [of the incoming pitch] rotate, and that he would know by the rotation whether he was getting a fastball or a curveball.

In addition, the researchers determined that «the optimally hit curveball will travel farther than both the fastball and knuckleball, because of beneficial topspin on the pitched curve ball that is enhanced during impact with the bat.»

Pitching also involves the ability to angle the wrist through varying degrees of rotation and deviation for pitches such as curveballs, sliders, sinkers, and screwballs.

Depp threw such a complete curveball with Captain Jack he could have won a Cy Young Award pitching for Pittsburgh.

Once you select your pitch a transparent menu appears with directions on how to throw fastballs, curveballs, sliders, change - ups, and so on.

From that position, the player is lined up just behind the pitcher, and has a clear view of the signals that the catcher uses to call different pitch types (fastball, curveball, etc.) and location.

Life threw him good pitches, some curveballs, and a few wild ones.