The slurve is a baseball pitch in which the pitcher throws a curve ball as if it were a slider.[1] The pitch is gripped like a curve ball, but thrown with a slider velocity. The term is a portmanteau of slider and curve.
^"The Mechanics Of A Breaking Pitch", Popular Mechanics, April 1997. Accessed July 6, 2007.
The slurve is a baseball pitch in which the pitcher throws a curve ball as if it were a slider. The pitch is gripped like a curve ball, but thrown with...
curveball, and the knuckle curve. Its close relatives are the slider and the slurve. The "curve" of the ball varies from pitcher to pitcher. The expression...
Braden threw four pitches: a cutter at 82 MPH, a fastball at 86–88 MPH, a slurve at 72–79 MPH and a changeup at 72 MPH. In 2014, Braden joined ESPN as a...
employed basically just one pitch, a fastball. Occasionally he would throw a slurve or a changeup. Despite his reputation as a pitcher who intentionally threw...
hour (151–153 km/h); a curveball that Strasburg himself refers to as a slurve at 80–83 miles per hour (129–134 km/h); a changeup at 87–90 miles per hour...
to put topspin on the ball. Its close relatives are the slider and the slurve. The "curve" of the ball varies from pitcher to pitcher. In snooker, pocket...
college baseball season, Strider's repertoire included a two-seam fastball, a slurve-like pitch, and a changeup he did not use often. After recovering from Tommy...
June 20, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018. Lantz, Susan. "October 5, 1984: Slurves, Yackadoos, and an American League pennant". Society for American Baseball...
fastball which averages 93–95 mph (tops out at 99 mph), as well as a hard slurve (slider) in the low 80s with a sharp break. He complements these two with...
changeup, cutter, sinker, screwball, forkball, split-fingered fastball, slurve, knuckleball, and vulcan. These generally are intended to have unusual movement...
from score and origami SerAndy, from Serena Williams and Sir Andy Murray slurve, from slider and curve (baseball pitches) snuba, from snorkel and scuba...
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