Word: sliders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fingertips into the ball and send it floating without spin toward the strike zone, dipping and zigzagging in the air currents. Younger Son Joe tried the pitch, but his hands were too small, so he concentrated on the conventional pitcher's repertory of fastball, curve and slider...
...Harvard starter Larry Brown for three two-out runs on four consecutive hits. "I had been going almost too smooth up to that point. I got the first two men and then I had the next guy (Dartmouth DH Mike "Bull' Durham) 3-and-2 before I got my slider up and he hit it. It was kind of a shot put and after that I lost my concentration," Brown said afterwards...
...threw a slider and felt something pop," the junior right-hander said after the game, nursing his limp arm. "I just put a little something extra on it, I guess," Alevizos added. "I've never felt anything like it before...
...displayed flawless control throughout the contest rarely falling behind batters in the count and issuing only one walk on the day. "When you get ahead of the batter you can play with him, screw him up. I had 'em off balance all day. My arm felt great and my slider's back. Hey, we're back in it now," said the bubbly hurler...
Acosta, a scraggly-bearded senior from the Dominican Republic via the Bronx, lived up to his billing as a master of control in the opener, walking none and nicking corners here and there with his unimpressive-looking fastball-slider repertoire...