screwball
IPA: skrˈubɔɫ
noun
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
- (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
adjective
- (originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
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Examples of "screwball" in Sentences
- The slider, fastball, and the screwball were all on tonight.
- According to The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the incurve was the “pitch now known as a screwball.”
- I had a variety of curves—threw a so-called screwball or indrop, too—and I used whatever delivery seemed best.
- Quote: We had some pitchers that threw what we called a screwball in those days, but that was a hard pitch to throw, and it was hard on your arm.
- One might assume that the incurve is simply the reverse of the outcurve, which would be the reverse of the curveball … which is to say, a screwball.
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