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Spitball

A spitball is a now-illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance such as saliva or petroleum jelly. This technique alters the wind resistance and weight on one side of the ball, causing it to move in an atypical manner. It may also cause the ball to "slip" out of the pitcher's fingers without the…

History, Ban & Methodology

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Ban

Methodology

Legal spits

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Spitball

Nodes58
Edges57
Triples64
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.034483
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Spitball

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related to Methodology · 26
Spitball → Another, Bobo Newsom, Brooklyn Dodgers, Don Drysdale, Drysdale, For, Gaylord Perry, However, In, It, Leo Durocher, Lew Burdette, Major League, Me, Mike Fiers, My Money Pitch, NCAA Baseball, Others, Perry, Preacher Roe
related to Ban · 25
Spitball → After, Allen Russell, Allen Sothoron, Bill Doak, Burleigh Grimes, Clarence Mitchell, Dana Fillingim, Dick Rudolph, Doc Ayers, Dutch Leonard, Each, Grimes, In, In Major League Baseball, Jack Quinn, Marv Goodwin, MLB, Of, Phil Douglas, Ray Caldwell
related to history · 7
Spitball → American League, Ed Walsh, Elmer Stricklett, Frank Corridon, Numerous, The, Walsh
related to Legal spits · 4
Spitball → God-given, It, The, There
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Spitball → now-illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance such as saliva or petroleum jelly

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ball pitch baseball spitter vaseline also saliva throw used pitchers sometimes 1920 one without emery knuckleball fastball however league pitches

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Spitballis anow-illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance such as saliva or petroleum jelly0.90text
saliva or petroleum jellyinstance ofA spitball is a now-illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of a foreign substance0.80text
Spitballrelated to BanIn Major League Baseball0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanMLB0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanIn0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanEach0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanAfter0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanOf0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanBurleigh Grimes0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanThe0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanRay Fisher0.60section
Spitballrelated to BanDoc Ayers0.60section

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