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Significats de breaking ball en anglès

A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.

Ús de breaking ball en anglès
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Just nipped the breaking ball and then swerved past the flailing Harrington.
The Irish Times
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Nathan Delfoueneso stroked the breaking ball into the net -but from an offside position.
The Guardian
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Sean Odlum snapped up a breaking ball and sent a pile-driver to the Bray net.
Independent.ie
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Down dominated the next 15 minutes with Robbie White winning good breaking ball at midfield.
The Irish Times
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With Knockbeg winning the breaking ball around the middle, Coláiste Eoin played second fiddle to their opponents early on.
The Irish Times
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They gobbled up breaking ball and looked every inch the Division One side lording it over Division Four opponents.
The Irish Times
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The GAA branch of Sky Sports must be feeling that very little breaking ball has gone their way this season.
The Irish Times
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After controlling a breaking ball on his thigh, he sent a dipping shot over the back-pedalling Jones from 30 yards.
The Guardian
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They knew every time Pettitte brought his hands to his belt in a high, looping path, he was throwing a breaking ball.
The Yankee Years
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Attride picked up the injury deep into stoppage time when he threw himself on a breaking ball to deny a Carlow attack.
The Irish Times
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But he will have his hands full with Joe Deane and must be as fast as every breaking ball that comes towards him.
The Irish Times
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In the teeming rain, Cork simply went for broke, sharpened up on the breaking ball and peppered the Kerry square with high ball.
The Irish Times
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And with less and less ball being cleanly fetched -that for the most part refers to the ability to win breaking ball.
The Irish Times
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But on the mound, he was devastating, with a fastball that zipped in from his three-quarters delivery and pinpoint control with his breaking ball.
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That enabled us to win more of the breaking ball, and both James Stafford and Nick Doyle had a huge impact when brought in.
Independent.ie
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Someone who will work like the devil, wrestle for every breaking ball, empty the tank and preferably chip in with a couple of points.
The Irish Times