Guess the Pitch Quiz

Name the Pitch

1.__________ is a type of pitch in baseball thrown with a characteristic grip and hand movement that imparts forward spin to the ball causing it to dive in a downward path as it approaches the plate. Its close relatives are the slider and the slurve.

Slider
Curveball
4-seam Fastball
Knuckleball

2.__________ is a pitch in baseball and a variant of the straight fastball. The pitch has the speed of a fastball, but the general movement of a screwball. Its close relative is the sinker.

2-seam Fastball
Curveball
Knuckleball
Slider

3.__________ effective for its unpredictable path, is gripped across the seams with knuckles or fingertips. Ball is thrown with stiff wrist, no snap or spin.

2-seam Fastball
Curveball
Knuckleball
Slider

4.__________ is held as for fast ball or curve and thrown with the same motion, minus the arm twist. first two fingers are raised on release to make the ball "float" not spin.

4-seam Fastball
Curveball
Change of Pace(Slowball)
Slider

5.__________ (also known as a yakker or a snapper) is a pitch that breaks laterally and down, with a speed between that of a curveball and that of a fastball. The break on the pitch is shorter than that of a curveball. The release technique of a slider is between a curveball and a fastball. The slider is similar to the cutter, a pitch which is thrown as a fastball, but differs in the sense that a slider tends to be more of a breaking ball.

2-seam Fastball
Curveball
Change of Pace
Slider

6.__________ Thrown hard while held between the index and middle fingers at varying depths. Usually tumbles and drops violently, often diagonally. Known as an out pitch, but also can be hard on the arm.

Forkball
Sinker
Cutter
Slurve

7.___________ Maximum velocity and should have best command. This is the most important pitch because everything else works off of it.

2-seam Fastball
Cutter
4-seam Fastball
Forkball

8.__________ is a baseball pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if it were a curve ball.[1] The term is a portmanteau of the words "slider" and "curve".

Curveball
Slurveball
Slider
Forkball

9._________ is a type of baseball pitch used primarily by players in Japan. It is thrown with a spiral-like spin, so that there is no Magnus force on the ball as it arrives at home plate.

Gyroball
Spitball
Slurveball
Knuckleball

10._________ is a type of changeup. It requires placing the baseball tightly in the palm or held between the thumb and ring finger and then throwing it as if throwing a fastball. This takes some of the velocity off the pitch, intending to make the batter swing before the ball reaches the plate.

Gyroball
Knuckleball
Spitball
Palmball

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