- Look up
spitball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
spitball is an
illegal baseball pitch in
which the ball has been
altered by the
application of...
- overuse. Ball
scuffing and
adulteration by pitchers,
particularly the
spitball, were allowed,
putting hitters at a disadvantage. The era
ended very suddenly;...
- size,
shape and composition,
along with a new rule
officially banning the
spitball and
other pitches that
depended on the ball
being treated or roughed-up...
-
altering the ball in any way is doctoring. The
emery ball
differs from the
spitball, in
which the ball is
doctored by
applying saliva or Vaseline. Vaseline...
- "Clean livin' and the
spitball." He
described his
methodology in a 1955
article in
Sports Illustrated, "The
Outlawed Spitball Was My
Money Pitch", published...
-
Brainstorming is a
creativity technique in
which a
group of
people interact to
suggest ideas spontaneously in
response to a prompt.
Stress is typically...
- one of the
pioneers of the
spitball. He
learned the
pitch while playing in the
minor leagues. He
later taught the
spitball to Ed
Walsh and Jack Chesbro...
-
theatrical release) Then Came
Bronson William P.
Lovering Episode: "The
Spitball Kid" 1970 Men at Law
Jerry Patman Episode: "This is Jerry, See
Jerry Run"...
-
learned to
throw a
spitball, an
illegal pitch using various substances such as
saliva and Vaseline.
Despite admitting to
throwing a
spitball,
Perry was ejected...
- band
members Milt
Hinton and
Jonah Jones in Jean Bach's 1997 film, The
Spitball Story.
Calloway disapproved of Gillespie's
mischievous humor and his adventuresome...
