What's the word for missed pitches that turn into HRs? I know "hanging curve,"

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Mar 25, 2025
3:45:41pm

Genghis Spreads Political Junky

but they're not all curveballs. ChatGPT only offered meatballs, which is too general.

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Genghis Spreads

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What's the word for missed pitches that turn into HRs? I know "hanging curve,"

Genghis Spreads

Mar 25, 3:45pm

I was going to say meatball

Stucoug83

Mar 25, 3:48pm

does meatball imply mistake?

Genghis Spreads

Mar 25, 3:49pm

We generally say meatballs are slow very hitable balls

ordinary tri guy

Mar 25, 3:50pm

We say a gopher ball…

ordinary tri guy

Mar 25, 3:49pm

That tracks.

Genghis Spreads

Mar 25, 3:52pm

"Fastball that got too much of the plate" "spinning slider"

BYUheaven

Mar 25, 3:49pm

There's no one word that captures all of them?

Genghis Spreads

Mar 25, 3:50pm

a good commentator will call out what type of pitch it is and they will usually

BYUheaven

Mar 25, 3:54pm

Cement mixer

CLUTCH

Mar 25, 3:53pm

This, but applies only to sliders

COUGND

Mar 25, 3:55pm

Pitcher ‘grooved a pitch’

kotacoug

Mar 25, 3:54pm

which is usually for a fastball

BYUheaven

Mar 25, 3:56pm

BLEEP!!!!!

Islandercoug

Mar 25, 3:59pm

Mistakes?

cougaman

Mar 25, 4:02pm

Tater

Stucoug83

Mar 25, 4:04pm

The bus stop...because you can hop on and take it downtown!

BlueKarma

Mar 25, 4:06pm

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