Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Baseball A pitched ball that curves in the direction opposite to that of a normal curve ball.
- noun Slang An eccentric, impulsively whimsical, or irrational person.
- adjective Impulsively whimsical; eccentric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun baseball A
pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher. - noun US One who behaves in a crazy manner.
- adjective originally US Crazy,
offbeat ,bizarre ,zany , or weird.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a whimsically eccentric person
- adjective foolish; totally unsound
- noun a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
Etymologies
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Examples
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Quote: We had some pitchers that threw what we called a screwball in those days, but that was a hard pitch to throw, and it was hard on your arm.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Quote: We had some pitchers that threw what we called a screwball in those days, but that was a hard pitch to throw, and it was hard on your arm.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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Quote: We had some pitchers that threw what we called a screwball in those days, but that was a hard pitch to throw, and it was hard on your arm.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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The slider, fastball, and the screwball were all on tonight.
USATODAY.com 2004
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One might assume that the incurve is simply the reverse of the outcurve, which would be the reverse of the curveball … which is to say, a screwball.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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I had a variety of curves—threw a so-called screwball or indrop, too—and I used whatever delivery seemed best.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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One might assume that the incurve is simply the reverse of the outcurve, which would be the reverse of the curveball … which is to say, a screwball.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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According to The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the incurve was the “pitch now known as a screwball.”
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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According to The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, the incurve was the “pitch now known as a screwball.”
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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I had a variety of curves—threw a so-called screwball or indrop, too—and I used whatever delivery seemed best.
The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004
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