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  2. He's throwing a what? The 'sweeper' is MLB's latest pitching ...

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    Sweepers are essentially a subset of sliders, an endpoint on a spectrum that includes traditional sliders in the middle and hard, darting cutters on the other end. The pitch is not new so much as ...

  3. Cut fastball - Wikipedia

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    An animated diagram of a cutter. In baseball, a cut fastball or cutter is a type of fastball that breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. [1] This pitch is somewhere between a slider and a four-seam fastball, as it is usually thrown faster than a slider but with more movement than a typical fastball. [1]

  4. Slider (pitch) - Wikipedia

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    A common grip used to throw a slider. In baseball, a slider is a type of breaking ball, a pitch that moves or "breaks" as it approaches the batter.Due to the grip and wrist motion, the slider typically exhibits more lateral movement when compared to other breaking balls, such as the curveball.

  5. Glossary of golf - Wikipedia

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    References External links 0–9 19th hole The clubhouse bar. A ace When a player hits the ball directly from the tee into the hole with one stroke. Also called a hole in one. address The act of taking a stance and placing the club-head behind the golf ball. If the ball moves once a player has addressed the ball, there is a one-stroke penalty, unless it is clear that the actions of the player ...

  6. Identifying baseball pitch types in 2023: A modern field ...

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    The difference between a pitcher throwing a cutter or a slider or a sweeper is a question not of semantics but of intent. ... which was probably a cutter, the “slide ball.” A few years later ...

  7. Match play - Wikipedia

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    The USGA championships – Amateur, Junior Amateur, Mid-Amateur, Senior Amateur, and team (four-ball) for both men and women – are conducted with two rounds of stroke play to cut the field to 64 (individual) or 32 (teams), and then proceed to a single-elimination match play tournament. All elimination matches are 18 holes except for the final ...

  8. Bryson DeChambeau’s secret to US Open success: Floating his ...

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    The heavy side of the golf ball sinks to the bottom, DeChambeau - a physics major - said, and then “we mark the top with a dot to make sure it’s always rolling over itself.” Bryson ...

  9. Why the splitter could flip from baseball taboo to popular ...

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    A pitch long stigmatized as an injury risk might be making a comeback as individualized pitch design wins over MLB aces. Why the splitter could flip from baseball taboo to popular experiment for ...