the crank and slider mechanisme is cool
which fingers on a pitcher's throwing hand controls a curve ball and a slider
George Uhle
Middle Finger
if it's a right handed pitcher
The slider is a difficult pitch to master. It also requires a developed arm strength. With that in mind, a pitcher must first be willing to practice the pitch many times before its thrown in a real game. Also, because it is hard on the arm, first master the curve ball and the fastball. When all three things are done, a pitcher is ready to use the slider in a real game.
For a pitcher to throw unhitable pitches. For Example Clayton Kershaw has a filthy slider.
four seam fastball, slider, curveball
Actually more than one major league pitcher back in the middle of the 20th Century were known as great slider pitchers. The ones that come to mind are Bob Feller, George Blaeholder, Early Wynn and Bob Lemon. As an aside, as a note to how effective a good slider is, baseball great, Joe DiMaggio, a super hitter, had a terrible time hitting this pitch.
a curveball, slider, fastball,knuckleball,4seam fastball,changeup What about a knucklecurve, a palmball, slurve, circlechange, and a 2seamer
A slider is a pitch in baseball that breaks laterally and down. It is not thrown at the velocity that a fastball is thrown at, but its velocity is faster than a curve ball. The break on a slider is not as big as a curve ball. The slider is similar to a cut fastball, but will break more than a cut fastball.
The term "hanging," in reference to any type of pitch, means the pitch just hung out over the plate, giving the batter an excellent chance to hit it. It generally results from the pitcher didn't throw the pitch in the way he intended to throw it, and the ball then just went right over the plate. In that sense, a hanging curveball, a hanging slider, or a hanging screwball are all pretty much the same thing: a pitch that didn't do what the pitcher wanted it to do.