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split-finger fastball definition

☆ split-finger fastball (split′fiŋ′gər)

Baseball a type of fastball that sinks abruptly as it nears home plate, thrown with the grip used for a forkball

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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