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BALLE CASSANTE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

An off-speed pitch that is thrown with a sudden outward twist of the wrist and calculated to veer down and away from a batter who hits from the same side that the pitcher throws from.

OBS

The golf term "hook" means also a "curve ball". The short "curve" is often used instead of "curve ball".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Balle lancée avec pression du majeur et du pouce de façon à donner à sa trajectoire une courbe plus ou moins prononcée.

OBS

La balle courbe est une balle cassante mais la balle cassante n'adopte pas nécessairement la trajectoire d'une balle courbe au départ.

OBS

Les commentateurs diront «lancer une courbe», «lancer une cassante», pour signifier «une balle courbe», «une balle cassante», mais ces termes, adjectifs substantivés, sont moins usités en langue écrite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Béisbol y softball
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