English
Noun
en-noun|sg=split-finger fastball
- baseball A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index finger and middle finger; it has good velocity, may have a precessing spin, and sinks as it approaches the plate.
#: His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball.
See also
curveball
slider
fastball
cut fastball
two-seam fastball
sinker
screwball
knuckleball
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