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Which suggests one of the more effective ways to combat our hook-line-and-sinker approach to sizing up one another.
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The game changed again moments later when outfielder Jorge Soler connected on a 90 mph sinker and launched a 417-foot homer that landed above the Royals’ bullpen in left field.
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Ozuna jumped on a 3-0 sinker on the inner half from Jake Arrieta and propelled it in a blink into the bleachers in left.
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But my game throughout the season is to throw sinkers and get groundballs.
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Here’s a highlight of Chooch striking out Minnesota’s Kennys Vargas: That’s a front-door sinker, a pitch Ruiz called for Roy Halladay only about a billion times.
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Cole still prefers his four-seam fastball to his sinker, and still favors the slider as his go-to breaking ball.
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Alexander struck out former Royals prospect Wil Myers on a 1-2 sinker.
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Falterman's mainstay is a 1-ounce sinker positioned about a foot and half below the treble hook.
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SINKER Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of sinker for English Language Learners
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: a weight used for holding a fishing line or net underwater
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baseball : a fast pitch that drops lower as it reaches home plate
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