forkball
noun
fork·ball
ˈfȯrk-ˌbȯl 
: a baseball pitch in which the ball is gripped between the forked index and middle fingers
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Only 9 pitchers met the total pitch and batted ball requirements to get a grade, and that includes the Mets’ Kodai Senga’s forkball, whose offering fits here best.
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Tony Blengino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Overall, the best 2023 splitter-type pitches were two very different offerings - Senga’s soft, low-spin/movement forkball and Gausman’s hard, high-spin/vertical movement splitter.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Senga’s forkball was the best non-fastball thrown by any pitcher in 2023.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
For his first career strikeout, Senga fanned Yuli Gurriel on a forkball that caused Gurriel to flail so badly at that the bat flew out of his hands and into foul territory past third base.
—James Wagner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Hoping to strikeout the Marlins leadoff hitter Luis Arraez, Senga threw the forkball with two strikes.
—James Wagner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Martinez was referring to Kodai Senga of Japan and his forkball, which is nicknamed the ghost fork.
—Gary Phillips, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
And there is interest in Japanese import Kodai Senga, who like deGrom throws in the upper 90s, but also has a devastating forkball.
—Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
Porter is famous because his forkball killed a dove in mid-air in the middle of a game.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 June 2021
Tony Blengino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Overall, the best 2023 splitter-type pitches were two very different offerings - Senga’s soft, low-spin/movement forkball and Gausman’s hard, high-spin/vertical movement splitter.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Senga’s forkball was the best non-fastball thrown by any pitcher in 2023.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
For his first career strikeout, Senga fanned Yuli Gurriel on a forkball that caused Gurriel to flail so badly at that the bat flew out of his hands and into foul territory past third base.
—James Wagner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Hoping to strikeout the Marlins leadoff hitter Luis Arraez, Senga threw the forkball with two strikes.
—James Wagner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Martinez was referring to Kodai Senga of Japan and his forkball, which is nicknamed the ghost fork.
—Gary Phillips, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
And there is interest in Japanese import Kodai Senga, who like deGrom throws in the upper 90s, but also has a devastating forkball.
—Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022
Porter is famous because his forkball killed a dove in mid-air in the middle of a game.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 30 June 2021
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“Forkball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forkball. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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