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	Split-finger fastball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A split-finger fastball or splitter is a pitch in baseball and a variant of the straight fastball.
		A split finger fastball is more of a hard breaking pitch than a fastball.
		When thrown hard, it appears to be a fastball to the batter, but suddenly "drops off the table" towards home plate—that is, it suddenly moves down, towards the batter's knees.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Splitter

	Split Fingered Fastball
		The fingers are split outside the narrow seams of the horseshoe with the thumb moved form under to the side.
		The split of the fingers changes the rotation slightly as well as decreasing the the # of rotations.
		The effect is a slightly off center rotation and a ball that dives sharply at or near the plate.
	www.thepitchingprof.com /pitches/pitch_8.htm

	Fastball
		A variation on the fastball is the forkball and the similar split-finger fastball.
		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.
		Fastballs are usually thrown with backspin, so that the Magnus effect creates an upward force on the ball, causing it to fall less rapidly than might be expected.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Fastball.htm

	NAYSI: FAQ #106
		The pitches in question are the sinker about which you asked and the fastball, cut fast ball, splitter or split finger fastball and slider.
		Finger and thumb placement is similar to that of the sinker, but in the opposite direction.
		If the fingers are placed far apart with the ball forced into the web of the fingers, it becomes a fork ball.
	www.naysi.com /faq/faq_106.htm

	Clemens speeding toward 300 wins
		The idea of Koufax having a split-finger fastball to go with those two pitches seems as daunting as the prospect of his being allowed to pitch with the mound moved 15 feet closer to the plate.
		Consider the plight of the hitter as Clemens' split-finger fastball approaches the plate.
		The circle change gets its name from the grip: the pitcher uses his thumb and index finger to form a circle on the side of the ball, then grips the ball with his other fingers.
	www.freep.com /sports/baseball/lowe18_20010618.htm

	Split finger fastball question - Knuckleball Pitching Community
		It is necessary, I believe, to apply this pressure in opposition to the middle finger, which is stronger and longer than the index finger.
		The split is wider than a splitter (which does not necessarily bisect the ball).
		With the forkball, as thrown by Contreras, the thumb is on the side and right near the end of the index finger and there is pressure on the thumb.
	www.oddball-mall.com /knucklertalk/viewthread.php?tid=1156

	Splitter may better arm Anderson
		With a split-finger fastball and an adjustment on the pitching rubber, Anderson received encouraging results in his spring debut as the Diamondbacks rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox in front of 12,005 fans.
		The most significant difference Saturday was Anderson's use of a split-finger fastball.
		The Diamondbacks are banking on a rebound after Anderson was nagged by freak injuries and inconsistency that led to a 4-9 record and 5.25 ERA and a demotion to the bullpen in the final month of the season.
	www.expage.com /splitterba

	Sporting News, The: A Grip On Greatness - New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens wins 19 of his first 20 decisions in 2001
		The effectiveness of Clemens' split-finger fastball doesn't depend so much on the high velocity of his bread-and-butter pitch, which is important because he can't always count on his fastball reaching the upper 90s.
		Instead of placing his index finger and middle finger together, they are split wider apart--the wider, the better--and the ball is held between them.
		The 98-mph fastballs he is throwing at his baseball overripe age of 39 are further testimony that Clemens is perhaps the best power pitcher in the history of the game.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_39_225/ai_78966145

	washingtonpost.com: Clemens Finds The Right Stuff
		Splitty, aka the splitter, aka the split-finger fastball.
		Split-Finger Fastball Stumps Cardinals: Astros 5, Cardinals 2
		And at the end of the Astros' 5-2 victory in front of 42,896 at Minute Maid Park, the entire National League Championship Series was changed, as well.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A38615-2004Oct16?language=printer

	Rob Neyer
		According to Stohs, Hernandez threw 59 fastballs, 23 curveballs, and 12 change-ups (all of them after the first four innings), in the course of shutting out the Twins for eight innings.
		He complements it with a 92-mph four-seam fastball, a cut fastball and a change-up.
		I threw a sinker fastball and a high one with hop.
	www.robneyer.com /book_04_extras2.html

	The Seattle Times: Mariners: Notebook: Putz puts his name in M's pitching plans
		While part of Putz's effectiveness involves trading in his curveball for a split-finger fastball, Meche's good work is based on trashing his slider last year and going to a curveball.
		Outside of one high fastball that went for a double and a run, the right-hander looked Opening Day strong.
		He allowed only two hits and struck out four, throwing hard and mixing his mid-90s fastball with a power curveball.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/mariners/2002204996_mari12.html

	Baseball America - 2003 Independent League Player of the Year: Jason Shelley
		His velocity has never been overwhelming--he throws an 88-91 mph fastball with a 78-80 mph split and a curve--but ever since he added the split-finger to his arsenal in 2002, he's piled up plenty of strikeouts.
		Double-A batters didn't have much more success than indy ball hitters at picking up the split, as he went 3-2, 2.63 for Huntsville with 53 strikeouts in 55 innings.
		Scouts who saw Shelley pitch in the Southern League say he has potential as a big league reliever thanks to his split.
	www.baseballamerica.com /today/leagues/independent/030929poy.html

	Steven Ellis' Free Baseball Pitching Tips Blog (The Complete Pitcher's Blog): Baseball Pitching Grips
		Typically, the split-finger fastball is only effective if a pitcher has big hands and/or long fingers because the pitch itself needs to be "choked" deep in the hand in order to get its downward movement.
		Most Major League starting pitchers throw just three pitches: a fastball (and its variations: two-seam, four-seam), a change-of-speed pitch (like a change-up) and a two-plane pitch (like a curveball, splitter or slider).
		With the fastball, the hand is directly behind the ball, and the index- and middle-fingers are on top of the baseball.
	www.stevenellis.com /steven_ellis_the_complete/baseball_pitching_grips

	The repertoire of pitches in the major leagues
		Description: By making the "circle" with their thumb and index fingers, pitchers can throw this pitch with the same arm action as a fastball.
		It is gripped on the pads of the fingers, which differentiates it from the forkball, which is thrown with ball wedged deeper into the "V" between the index and middle fingers.
		Hitters think a fastball is coming and often jump out on their front foot, which results in swinging strikes, foul balls or weak grounders as they try to slow down their swings.
	www.jsonline.com /sports/brew/sat/rep22198.stm

	The Christian Science Monitor csmonitor.com
		To try to take power off the ball, the thumb and first finger form a circle on one side of the ball while the second finger (the middle finger) is moved off to the side.
		It looks like a fastball and is often the preferred pitch of right handers against left-handed hitters, because it has a mean inclination to go down and in.
		Originally, there were two basic pitches, the fastball and the so-called outdrop, which became known as the curve ball.
	www.csmonitor.com /durable/1999/04/27/text/p10s1.html

	Different Pitches and the Reasons We Throw Them by Coach Chris Cumberland
		Split Finger Fastball or Forkball - Thrown hard while held between the index and middle fingers at varying depths.
		Many times the velocity is as effective as the movement, because it’s usually much slower than a fastball.
		Slider - In between a fastball and a curveball.
	www.baseballtips.com /pitches.html

	How to Throw a Splitter - eHow.com
		The splitter, or split-finger fastball, resembles a fastball in both velocity and direction as it heads toward the plate.
		Grip the ball as you would a two-seam fastball, holding it with your middle and index fingers at the point where the seams are closest to each other.
		When you throw it, your middle finger splits the ball.
	www.ehow.com /how_3768_throw-splitter.html

	Rhode Island news projo.com The Providence Journal Boston Red Sox
		Schilling's fastball topped out at 90 mph and his split-finger fastball was in midseason form, an improvement over last season when Schilling could never quite get the feel for arguably his best pitch.
		His fastball topped out at 90 mph and his split-finger fastball was in midseason form in a 63-pitch outing.
		That Schilling was touching 90 mph with his fastball was surprise to most, given the setting -- a late-morning glorified side session on an empty back field.
	www.projo.com /redsox/content/projo_20050317_17sox.241f7e2.html

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- USDHS playoff hopes sink like Gingery's best pitch
		That is, he thrives on deceiving hitters with his split-finger fastball.
		"He didn't want to walk me, so he challenged me with a fastball over the plate to see what I could do with it," Haar said.
		Augustine High pitcher Ben Gingery has a split personality.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/preps/20030531-9999_7s31p-dicken.html

	Articles - Pitch (baseball)
		The cut fastball, split-finger fastball and forkball are variations on the fastball with extra movement.
		The fastball is the most common pitch in baseball, and all pitchers have some form of a fastball in their arsenal.
		The changeup is the staple off-speed pitch, usually thrown to look like a fastball but arriving much slower to the plate.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Pitch_(baseball)

	Mail Tribune Sports - Bazzell bewilders NWL foes
		All five of the pitches Bazzell throws (fastball, curveball, slider, change-up and split-finger fastball) are delivered with purpose, Bazzell says.
		split-finger fastball that appears to drop off a table in front of home plate after looking like a straight fastball.
		"I stick with the fastball and slider early, and then I throw my curveball, change-up and splitty when the hitters are set up for the fastball and slider," says Bazzell.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/99/july99/71799s1.htm

	Roger Craig BaseballLibrary.com
		Sports Illustrated called Roger Craig "the acknowledged maestro of the split-fingered fastball." In 1985 he taught the split-finger to the Astros' Mike Scott, who won the 1986 Cy Young award.
		Craig had previously managed the 1978-79 Padres and served as a scout and pitching coach, notably in Detroit, where he taught Jack Morris the split-finger.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/C/Craig_Roger.stm

	Minor League Ball :: Minor Leagues blog featuring John Sickels
		Promoted to Double-A Huntsville in 1998, he was limited to 94 games by a broken finger.
		At this stage, age-relative-to-league was his best attribute, but his power/speed combo was intriguing.
	minorleagueball.com

	Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum
		How else can you hit a 95 mph fastball, split finger, curve etc. a long swing might produce more batspeed but no contact.
		How else can you hit it over a 400 ft fence?
	www.batspeed.com /messageboard/output/8124.html

	WNYW-TV FOX 5 Reds Top Yankees 6-3
		(03.19.05- AP) — Randy Johnson concentrated on his split-finger fastball, and it was unhittable.
		Johnson gave up four runs and six hits over four innings and Jason Giambi hit his second homer of the spring in the New York Yankees' 6-3 loss to a Cincinnati Reds split squad on Friday night.
		Cincinnati starter Eric Milton, a former Yankees' minor leaguer, gave up one run and five hits over five innings.
	www.fox5ny.com /_ezpost/data/13654.shtml

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	2004 » December » Atlanta Braves News World
		He used to rely on a fastball in the 90’s before learning to use his split-finger fastball to get ground ball outs.
		Anthony Lerew, Charlie Morton, and Kyle Davies were ranked as having the best fastball, curveball, and changeup, respectively.
		Big leaguers will catch up with any fastball if you can’t develop off-speed pitches to go with it.
	www.bravesnewsworld.com /2004/12

	WGN-TV Chicago WGN Sports Cubs Baseball Blog
		Other days, he'll have the tremendous split finger.
		On a given day, he might have an overpowering four-seam fastball and he'll rely strictly on that to get the big outs when he needs them.
		The Cub hitters do have their work cut out for them against the Rocket, because he can beat you in a variety of ways.
	wgntv.trb.com /sports/custom/weblog/wgnsports/archives/2005/04/index.html

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	NAYSI: FAQ #118
		Hello Jack, How would you throw a split finger fastball?
		to find the answer or do a search on split finger on the homepage of
		Then remember the advice of a former major league pitching coach who said.
	www.naysi.com /faq/faq_118.htm

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