Baseball
Baseball is known as America’s greatest past time. Nine players take the field for a nine inning game. The pitcher, which also is referred to as part of the defense’s battery is a vital position in baseball. The pitcher is responsible for keeping his team in the game. He does this by using effective pitches to keep the batter off balance. By keeping the batter off balance, the pitcher gives the defense a better opportunity to get outs. Some effective pitches used in a game are a fastball, curveball, change-up, and slider. The first pitch a pitcher must master is his fastball. There are different ways to throw it, but the most frequently used ones are the two-seam and the four-seam. The two-seam is gripped by placing the pointer and the middle finger along the seams and the thumb underneath the ball. This pitch ha
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Baseball Americas, batter balance, thumb underneath, effective pitches, placing pointer middle, pointer middle, thumb underneath ball, placing pointer, four-seam fastball, underneath ball, middle finger,
Approximate Word count = 559
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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