slider
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- noun
- /ˈslaɪdər/
- Jargon
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slider
- "That pitch was a fast slider that slipped just out of reach for the batter."
- throw a slider
- pitching sliders
- fastball and slider
Examples
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I don't know how to throw a slider.
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They throw ungodly breaking stuff in the show – exploding sliders.
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Taught me how to throw a sick breaking slider.
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I thought the movement on his slider was more pronounced than in his recent bad starts.
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His velocity clearly was not good, and his slider wasn't as sharp as it usually is either.
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Jennings took the first pitch, an 85-mile-per-hour slider that missed for a ball.
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Both of those were sliders over the middle of the plate to Prince Fielder.
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He comes with a nasty slider that A-Rod just barely gets a piece of.
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During his slump, his fastball velocity dropped, but his slider velocity stayed the same.
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They really aren't swinging at the sliders.
Synonyms
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6.2
A pitch that curves as it moves toward the batter because the pitcher throws it with spin
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Slider comes from slide, because the pitch seems to 'slide' away from the batter at the last moment, and the name describes how the ball moves.