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	All About Baseball
		Some pitchers are able to throw a fastball at a velocity of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
		Other common types of pitches are the curveball, slider, changeup, forkball, and knuckleball.
		These generally are intended to have unusual movement or deceive the batter as to the rotation or velocity of the ball, making it more difficult to hit.
	creativebaseball.com /all-about-baseball.htm (3924 words)

	Forkball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Related to the split-fingered fastball, the forkball is held between the first two fingers and thrown hard without snapping the wrist.
		The forkball differs from the split-fingered fastball, however, in that the ball is jammed deeper between the first two fingers.
		The forkball is favored by several Japanese pitchers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forkball (200 words)

	Baseball Digest: Closing in Seattle: Kazuhiro Sasaki's exotic pitch finishes off foes - baseball player (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The forkball, and its closely related cousin, the split-fingered fastball, were all the rage in the 1980s, when Giants manager Roger Craig was the guru, and his disciples, led by Houston's Mike Scott, dominated baseball.
		The forkball is a staple of Japanese baseball, and Hideo Nomo was the first to prove, when he led the National League in strikeouts as a rookie in 1995, that nothing is lost in the translation to the major leagues.
		Sasaki is a forkball savant, and he said the feel came quickly as he experimented with various grips and motions.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCI/is_2_60/ai_69057360 (1601 words)

	The Hell It Don't Curve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Forkball: also called a "split-fingered fastball", the forkball is thrown with the index and middle fingers spread wide about the narrow pair of seams on the ball, requiring large and strong hands to grip.
		The forkball has a high velocity and a moderate negative spin about the X-axis, which causes the ball to drop quickly towards the end of its flight.
		Some pitchers throw a "sinker", which has the same rotation as the forkball but is easier to grip and throw.
	www.csc.calpoly.edu /~nterrell/BaseballApp/projectreport.html (1288 words)

	forkball - Knuckleball Pitching Community
		He actually modeled his grip after Jose Contreras, who throws a forkball that sometimes has no spin, although Jose calls it a splitter.
		The only real difference between a splitter and forkball is what the pitcher wants to call it.
		Minor correction: In most cases, a splitter is gripped just outside the seams and a forkball is gripped at 3 and 9 with the insides of two hurting fingers (unless you have big hands).
	www.oddball-mall.com /knucklertalk/viewthread.php?tid=916 (774 words)

	Throwing the forkball
		The forkball is a great weapon for a lot of pitchers, most notably, Bruce Sutter, Mike Scott, and Roger Clemens to name a few.
		The forkball is gripped in between the index and middle fingers.
		The forkball can also be caused to break down and in to a right hander, or down and away by applying finger pressure as you release the ball.
	www.pro-baseball-drills-and-equipment.com /forkball.html (413 words)

	Split-finger fastball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has been occasionally referred to as the "ghost pitch" and the "spluckle" (a portmanteau of splitter and knuckleball, coined by Harden teammate Adam Melhuse).
		A related pitch is the forkball, which has more of a tumbling action.
		A split finger fastball is more of a hard breaking pitch than a fastball.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Split-finger_fastball (335 words)

	Sake-Drenched Postcards - Unwinding the Mystery of the Gyroball (Part II)
		Himeno got his start in modeling baseball movements with the forkball, a pitch that takes a sudden dive after it crosses the plate.
		The forkball will approach the plate looking like a heater but its little rotation causes gravity to send it sinking.
		Himeno's conclusion: the two-seam gyroball drops like a forkball; the four-seam gyroball drops, too, but less; both variations generate much less drag than a forkball, causing them to arrive to the plate faster.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/gyroball_matsuzaka_2.html (1093 words)

	sidearm forkball?? - Baseball Fever
		I throw sidearm and i was wondering if you can throw a forkball sidearm.
		I don't know much about it, but forkball is a type of pitch many Asian pitchers know how to throw, such as Nomo, Yoshii, Hasegawa etc...but none of them are sidearmed.
		Try a regular forkball grip and then when you release flick your wrist over the top.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=29661 (183 words)

	Printer Friendly Version - Yanks' father throws best (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Cuban can be stubborn and sometimes lapses into predictability in his pitch selection, but Contreras urged Flaherty and Alex Rodriguez, who had wandered over from third, to let him throw the diving pitch to Kaz Matsui on a full count with the bases loaded in the fifth inning.
		Contreras' forkball is unpredictable and the catcher favored a fastball, because it is a surer strike.
		Contreras' forkball didn't dive like it usually does, staying up in the strike zone, but Matsui hit an easy pop, delighting the normally stoic Contreras.
	www.nydailynews.com /sports/baseball/v-pfriendly/story/207020p-178604c.html (994 words)

	Comments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Sliders, sinkers, and forkballs: these are words that describe the variety of baseball pitches.
		This pitch is basically the same as the forkball but this baby is held by the end of the middle and index fingers and is thrown very hard.
		v Change-up/Palmball—If the forkball is an illusion of a pitch being a strike, the change-up is an illusion of a pitch being there.
	sleepwalker2.blogdrive.com /comments?id=9 (982 words)

	Pitches - BR Bullpen
		It is designed to look like a slider out of the pitcher's hand, but then fool the hitter by taking longer to reach the plate than a typical slider would.
		Forkball A forkball "tumbles" out of the strike zone (rather than breaks out of it) when thrown.
		If the wind is blowing in either direction, the forkball is a brain scrambler..
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Pitches (1705 words)

	CyberSlugger The Ultimate Baseball Triva Game - Pitching
		Then, when you throw the sinker or cutter, the hitter will see what looks like the same fastball arm and hand action, and will not be expecting the ball to move.
		The forkball, also known as a splitter or split-finger fastball, is an interesting pitch.
		You jam the ball between your first two fingers as hard as you can and deliver it with the same action as a fastball, with the wrist coming straight over from 12 to 6 o'clock.
	www.cyberslugger.com /pitching.html (2772 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		RLF (break right, break left, forkball): The sharpness of a pitcher's breaking balls is ranked from 1-8.
		The sharpness of a pitcher's forkball is ranked from A-C. Pitchers with a bar mark across from their name can't throw forkballs.
		In addition, you can throw a change-up when you are throwing a fast pitch, and a forkball when you are throwing a slow pitch.
	www.atarihq.com /tsr/manuals/badnewsbaseball.txt (2966 words)

	forkball - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "forkball" is defined.
		forkball : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
		forkball : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=forkball (108 words)

	Who Wants To Watch The World Series?
		Face, who holds the single-season won-lost record at 18-1, used the forkball with great success, particularly during the 1960 World Series, when he saved three of the four victories for the Pirates (the one victory he didn't save was game seven, which Bill Mazeroski won with a walk-off homer).
		Specifically, Gaston is called a "forkball pitcher," but I was not able (or willing) to find anything to substantiate Gaston's use of the pitch.
		I would consider either Face of Page to be the true pioneers of the forkball, since both men were best known for their successful use of the pitch.
	randlepmcmurphy.blogspot.com /2003_12_01_randlepmcmurphy_archive.html (2872 words)

	Fastball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gripping the ball with the fingers across the wide part of the seam ("four-seam fastball") produces a straight pitch, gripping it across the narrow part ("two-seam fastball") produces a sinking fastball, and holding a two-seam fastball off-center ("cut fastball") imparts lateral movement to the fastball.
		A variation on the fastball is the forkball and the similar split-finger fastball.
		This page was last modified 07:20, 25 February 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fastball (287 words)

	ESPN.com: St. Louis Cardinals Player Card (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Ponson used to throw an average forkball, but recent elbow and shoulder woes have forced him to abandon the pitch.
		Without the forkball and the velocity he once had, he needs to keep the ball down in the strike zone to stay out of trouble.
		Poor control and pitches high in the zone were a problem in 2004.
	sports.espn.go.com /mlb/players/scouting?playerId=3823 (337 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Sports :: Saty For Hire: Will Work Weekends
		BOSTON—His name can be a mouthful, but his forkball was a handful for UMass yesterday.
		The forkball comes naturally to Saty, who can split his forefinger and middle finger far apart without putting much stress on his wrist.
		He first experimented with the pitch at age 14 and a coach spotted it and encouraged him to use it.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=205267 (782 words)

	ESPN.com Toronto/Oakland recap
		Baffled by an assortment of breaking pitches, Gonzalez struck out swinging four times against A's starter Cory Lidle and reliever Jim Mecir, leaving the shortstop hitless in 14 at-bats.
		But in the 10th, Gonzalez put a chest-high fastball from hard-throwing closer Jason Isringhausen over the Coliseum scoreboard in left for his second homer of the year.
		Fletcher, who entered the game hitting.195 and grounded out three times, also ended a hitless streak of 14 at-bats by poking the tying single over the infield on a good breaking pitch.
	espn.go.com /mlb/2001/20010501/recap/toroak.html (745 words)

	Rays Prognostications: Part 3 of the NRIs - the Bellyitchers
		Yes, he had shoulder problems last year, but as dumb as this sounds, I think the split fingernail on the index finger of his throwing hand was the real reason behind his ineffectiveness.
		He relies almost entirely on his forkball to confuse batters, but the only way to throw a good forkball is to put a ton of pressure on the ball while holding almost the entire ball between your index and middle fingers.
		He had 200 Ks in Boston throwing nothing but junk, and he's never had great control (as a result of that forkball, which wobbles like a knuckler at its best), so if he's healthy, I don't see why he can't be in the top half of the Rays' fairly weak rotation.
	brickhaus.blogspot.com /2005/02/part-3-of-nris-bellyitchers.html (1074 words)

	Texas Rangers News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In previous relief outings and his first Major League start versus Seattle, Dickey might have used the forkball a handful of times in a game.
		Dickey holds his forkball deeper back in the palm, wedged between the index and middle fingers.
		Showalter figures it's a slightly different look -- the manager called it a split-finger pitch, rather than a forkball -- and one more thing to think about in the cat-and-mouse game between hitters and pitchers.
	www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/tex/news/tex_news.jsp?ymd=20030722&content_id=439078&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex (985 words)

	The mystery behind the sinker and splitter - All About Pitching with Dick Mills
		If the fingers are spread to an extreme degree, it goes from becoming a splitter to a forkball.
		It has virtually no spin due to the fact that the pitcher allows the ball to literally SLIP out from between a wedge made my his middle and index finger.
		It goes without saying that a split finger fastball is not going to have the tight 6-to-12 spin that characterizes a good "rising" fastball.
	www.pitching.com /forums/showthread.php?s=9dbade8ceb9a98635287a315b714b349&postid=78720 (675 words)

	Baseball - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This makes it hard to hit, hard to catch and hard to aim, and it is consequently not a favorite with catchers and managers.
		Split-Fingered Fastball / Forkball: Held between the first two fingers, thrown hard and with a strong downward motion.
		This pitch tends to tumble downwards and can break in either direction, depending on the release.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /ba/Baseball.html (2775 words)

	Baseball America - Contreras defects
		A 6-foot-4, 224-pound righthander with a 93 mph fastball and a darting forkball, Contreras is best known in the U.S. for the eight shutout innings he pitched against the Orioles during a nationally televised exhibition game in Havana three years ago.
		Ibar, 33, struck out 10 in seven shutout innings during a 6-1 victory against the Americans in Sydney, a game in which he sparked a near-brawl by drilling Ernie Young in the shoulder with a 94 mph fastball.
		He showed a mid-90s fastball in that game (his 110th pitch was 97 mph on the ballpark radar gun), and also throws a forkball and curveball.
	www.baseballamerica.com /today/news/contreras100202.html (666 words)

	All About Baseball
		Some pitchers are able to throw a fastball at a velocity of over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h).
		Other common types of pitches are the curveball, slider, changeup, forkball, and knuckleball.
		These generally are intended to have unusual movement or deceive the batter as to the rotation or velocity of the ball, making it more difficult to hit.
	www.creativebaseball.com /all-about-baseball.htm (3924 words)

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