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In the first inning, Buxton crushed a breaking ball left over the plate, sending it 446 feet out to left-center field.
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
Pitching machines can replicate breaking ball spin all day.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
The other was a breaking ball that dove toward the outside corner and stayed down.
—Gqlshare, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Gallen’s knuckle-curve did the Yankees especially dirty, as the righty’s breaking ball induced 13 whiffs on 30 pitches.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
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Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2025
Pitching machines can replicate breaking ball spin all day.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
The other was a breaking ball that dove toward the outside corner and stayed down.
—Gqlshare, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
Gallen’s knuckle-curve did the Yankees especially dirty, as the righty’s breaking ball induced 13 whiffs on 30 pitches.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Breaking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breaking%20ball. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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