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LETUP BALL [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A pitching technique: breaking the sequence by throwing a slow pitch after a series of fast pitches while using the same motion as for the fast balls, to catch the batter and have a strike called against him.

OBS

The technique is called "change of pace", "change-up" or "letup", while the ball so thrown is referred to as a "letup ball" or "letup pitch". Do not confuse the technique and the ball thrown using the technique.

OBS

Some speed can also be taken off a curve ball and used as a change of pace.

Key term(s)
  • changing of pace
  • letup ball
  • letup pitch

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Technique par laquelle le lanceur modifie la vitesse à laquelle il envoie la balle de façon à décontenancer le frappeur.

OBS

Ne pas confondre la technique, celle du changement de vitesse, et la balle ainsi lancée, une «balle avec changement de vitesse».

Key term(s)
  • balle travestie
  • balle à changement de vitesse
  • balle avec changement de vitesse

Spanish

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