Word: splitter
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...fill in the gaps in the righty’s repertoire: bring up the velocity on his fastball and develop a definitive third pitch. A’s coaches greeted their low-A prospect by telling him that he couldn’t use his curveball or his splitter as long as he was there. Only fastballs and cutters were allowed...
...Castle Washington carrying pitchforks and Frankenstein torches. While early--and therefore shaky--polls may show a close race for President, the Republican vs. Democrat numbers look bleak for McCain. To win, he will need as many as 1 out of 5 of his voters to be a ticket splitter: someone who will vote Democratic for the House and Senate but pull the lever for McCain before leaving the booth. McCain will get some of those votes for free in the South, but the rest he will have to earn...
...have a kicker (Alan Kimball) who never misses, even when the game is on the line in double overtime and the snap is lower than a Roger Clemens splitter...
Other kids experimented with a slider, which usually just meant they were throwing sidearm, or imagined they could throw a splitter if they could...just...fit their fingers around the ball, or proclaimed “Yo, did you see the movement on that knuckleball!” And there were plenty of curveball dilettantes...
...earned) on six hits in six innings of work. “[Castellanos] looked great today,” Kramer said. “He’s really been on the last couple of starts. He’s keeping the ball down. He has his good splitter working. He’s doing really well.”The Crimson meets crosstown rival Boston College in Chestnut Hill on Tuesday before resuming its Ancient Eight docket with four contests at Yale next weekend.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...