about 1 foot in his prime, now about 7-8 inches
Curveball - informant - was born in 1968.
The key differences between a slider and a curveball are in their spin and movement. A slider has more side-to-side movement due to its lateral spin, while a curveball has more vertical drop due to its topspin. In a slider vs curveball diagram, the slider would show a more horizontal trajectory with a sharper break to the side, while the curveball would show a more arcing path with a downward drop. The spin direction and axis of rotation can also be represented to visually differentiate between the two pitches.
A hanging curveball is a curveball that is thrown in a way that makes it easier to hit. A good example of one is a slow curveball that is thrown down the middle. If you get one of these babies thrown to you while your at the plate, swing at it. It is an easy pitch to crush for a dinger or at least a double.
Kind of like a sinker but his fingers are a little bit higher on the seams. So his fingers are about in between a curveball and a sinker. And I am talking about the traditonal grip for a curveball.
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Curveball - 2013 I was released on: USA: 31 May 2013 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
This is because of an optical illusion. If you look at a curveball, it looks like it's coming stragiht at you, but it's actually curving.
Curveball
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A slider is similar to a curve ball in the fact that it breaks from left to right or right to left depending on if your a righty or lefty, but the ball doesn't break downward like a curveball does.