Word: slider
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...place to watch. Failing the bleachers, opt for the common rooms of baseball fans who share your addiction. This is of particular importance when you're apt to put a foot through the wall after a muffed double-play ball, or fling furniture after, say, Mark Wohlers hangs a slider...
...been throwing my slider a lot in thepen, and it was breaking nice," Lennon said."[Junior catcher Jason] Keck came out and told me,`This guy can't hit sliders,' so I broke it offand...
Lennon trotted methodically in from the pen,took his warmups, gritted his teeth and snappedoff a hard slider, getting Kahney to bite as theball dipped across his kneecaps, stranding thepair and preserving the tie for the Harvard bats...
Birtwell, meanwhile, rolled, getting a season-best nine strikeouts, mixing a two-seam fastball, a four-seamer and a slider to drop opponents' batting average against to a paltry...
Rounding out the pen are several rookies--and a quarterback. Freshmen John Birtwell, who brings a potent fast-ball and slider, and Graham McKay, who sports a decent curve as his out pitch, could break into the box scores. Sophomore Rich Linden, crossing from Harvard Stadium to O'Donnell Field, abandoned the outfield he played in high school to attempt to crack the staff...