curveball
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But a scheduling curveball this year is shaking up the routine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
A packed Commons chamber, with curveball questions, hostile opposition politicians and the biggest TV and online audience of the week will be a world away from his nine years as Mayor of Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Matthew Liberatore, a young lefty for the St. Louis Cardinals, was thrilled when his curveball was featured on PitchingNinja.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Then, in his second, he worked a 2-2 count, before roping a curveball up the right-field line for a go-ahead two-run double.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Mud Hens had a roster slot, and the scout had a notion to fill it with the pitcher with the wicked curveball, name of Earl Grayson.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“Can’t wait to see him trade home runs for heel leads and curveballs for cha-cha-cha,” Hough wrote on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Batters across MLB put up a dismal .210 batting average against splitters last season, compared with .224 against sliders and sweepers and .225 against curveballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Oliver Laxe’s road movie about a father and son who caravan across Morocco with a pack of tattooed strangers is set in a vast desert where you still somehow never see the plot’s curveballs coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
All he did was set the Say Hey Kid down swinging — on three straight curveballs.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
