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Slurve Grip: How To Grip A Slurve

Also, a lot of pitchers today throw a slurve. They pitch the slider as if they are throwing a curve, and the ball comes out in a big, sweeping flat curve. I consider this pitch to be just a rather sloppy slider. It has a much wider break than the slider was intended to have, and I think this is one of the reasons why there are so many more home runs today than 10 years ago.

Posted by Steven Ellis on October 12, 2009
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