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Then Castro hit Bird’s first-pitch sinker 439 feet and into the forest beyond the center-field wall.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
But after Freddie Freeman worked a four-pitch walk, Smith pounded a first-pitch sinker into the dirt.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
However, Glasnow responded, jamming Jake Bauers with a sinker for a pop out before blowing Joey Ortiz away with an elevated 96 mph heater.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Tough start for Severino The A’s starting pitcher was off to another rough start at home after surrendering a lead-off walk and a hit-by-pitch on an errant sinker that hit the hands of Heliot Ramos.
—Sean Campbell
july 5, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 July 2025
But after Freddie Freeman worked a four-pitch walk, Smith pounded a first-pitch sinker into the dirt.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 12 July 2025
However, Glasnow responded, jamming Jake Bauers with a sinker for a pop out before blowing Joey Ortiz away with an elevated 96 mph heater.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2025
Tough start for Severino The A’s starting pitcher was off to another rough start at home after surrendering a lead-off walk and a hit-by-pitch on an errant sinker that hit the hands of Heliot Ramos.
—Sean Campbell
july 5, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
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“Sinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sinker. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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sinker
noun
sink·er
ˈsiŋ-kər 
1
: one that sinks
especially
: a weight for sinking a line or net
2
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