curveball

He said if he had been told about a dispute it would have been a "complete curveball", a "huge shock" and that he would have made signing the contract conditional on having an exemption in place.

For now, Ukraine has been given a long-range curveball instead.

Is hitting a curveball less difficult than sinking a 20-foot putt?

Then, after one change-of-pace curveball was buried in front of the plate, Snell went back to the slider one more time.

But even then, Ohtani buckled down, getting Trea Turner to line out and Kyle Schwarber to swing through a curveball that ended the inning.