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1823:Quick pitch
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336:Legal spits
287:Bobo Newsom
269:Methodology
168:Ray Chapman
84:supersinker
68:knuckleball
2295:Categories
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2118:Wall climb
2106:unassisted
2041:Fourth out
2036:Force play
1941:Small ball
1868:Wild pitch
1758:Full count
1721:Emery ball
1671:(softball)
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1592:Line drive
1550:Grand slam
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415:References
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262:Ford Frick
255:Jack Quinn
195:Ray Fisher
100:emery ball
80:shine ball
2159:Dead ball
1848:Strikeout
1828:Screwball
1793:No-hitter
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815:Changeups
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555:26 August
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243:Bill Doak
199:Doc Ayers
172:Carl Mays
156:home runs
104:doctoring
2254:Category
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1970:Fielding
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1843:Spitball
1818:Pitchout
1731:two-seam
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1684:Beanball
1667:Pitching
1565:Moonshot
1560:Walk-off
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1202:Ballpark
1175:Cheating
1105:Glossary
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2132:Related
2096:Tag out
2091:Rundown
2081:Pickoff
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1602:On-deck
1570:Chinese
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1347:Uniform
1254:Infield
1234:Bullpen
1099:Outline
1019:Related
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799:Sweeper
152:Ty Cobb
110:History
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2266:Portal
2222:losing
2194:Series
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2169:Jargon
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1956:Tag up
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