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Screwball vs Knuckleball - What's the difference?

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Screwball is a see also of knuckleball.


In context|baseball|lang=en terms the difference between screwball and knuckleball

is that screwball is (baseball) a pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher while knuckleball is (baseball) a pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.

As nouns the difference between screwball and knuckleball

is that screwball is (baseball) a pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher while knuckleball is (baseball) a pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.

As a adjective screwball

is (originally us) crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.

As a verb knuckleball is

(baseball) to pitch knuckleballs.

screwball

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by the index finger and a twisting wrist motion resulting in a motion to the right when thrown by a right-handed pitcher.
  • The screwball is not thrown much because it tends to damage pitcher's arms.
  • (US) One who behaves in a crazy manner.
  • I will not listen to this screwball any longer.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (originally US) Crazy, offbeat, bizarre, zany, or weird.
  • * 2013 , Tom Shone, Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last?'' (in ''The Guardian , 11 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2013/jan/11/oscar-nominations-surprise-taste]
  • Also a big hand for Silver Linings Playbook , an exuberant modern screwball comedy we had, in an unseemly fit of cynicism, deemed "too entertaining" for Academy voters.

    Derived terms

    * screwball comedy

    knuckleball

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
  • Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.
    Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.
  • An event that is hard to predict.
  • Our vendor keeps throwing us knuckleballs .

    Synonyms

    * (baseball pitch) flutterball, floater, dancer, butterfly ball, ghostball, bug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=April 16, author=The Associated Press, title=Tigers Rally Again to Defeat the Twins, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=Varitek did not start so Kevin Cash could catch the knuckleballing starter Tim Wakefield. }}

    Derived terms

    * knuckleballer

    See also

    (Also of interest) *cut fastball *curveball *fastball *screwball *sinker *slider *split finger fastball *two-seam fastball