Emery Pitch: A pitch that is thrown after the pitcher surreptitiously shaves or cuts the ball with a foreign object. This changes the natural spherical shape of the ball, and thus alters the path of the pitch once thrown. This is now an illegal practice.

 

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Emery Pitch: A pitch that is thrown after the pitcher surreptitiously shaves or cuts the ball with a foreign object. This changes the natural spherical shape of the ball, and thus alters the path of the . . . View Full Definition

Pitching Niblick: Archaic term for an 8 iron

Pitching Rotation: The order in which the starting pitchers take turns starting games, usually with three or four days rest between starts.

Pitching Wedge: (also 'wedge, p, pw, w' and more) a lofted short iron (usually next in chronological order after the 9 iron and somewhere between 47° and 52°)

Pitchfork: (also 'divot repair tool, ballmark repair tool') a small (usually) two-pronged fork-like tool used mainly for repairing the putting surface

Pitchers Best Friend: A double play.

Pitch-Out: A lateral tossed from a quarterback to a running back.

Pitcher: The fielder designated to pitch the ball to the batter.

Pitchout: When a pitch is thrown wide of the strike zone on purpose. A catcher will signal for a pitchout if they think that a runner is trying to steal.

Quick Return Pitch: An illegal pitch, made with obvious intent to catch the batter off balance.