curveball
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Brian Jacobsen was heading into a meeting Wednesday when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threw a major curveball at the U.S. bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
He came to the Dodgers in a trade from the Chicago White Sox in December 1971 with an 84-91 record, a good curveball and a less than intimidating fastball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Aston Villa's transfer plans were thrown a curveball by an injury to Amadou Onana.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He and the pitching coaches have talked through the most effective use of his curveball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Still, I knew that Major League pitching needed more than just speed; control and a good curveball had to be there too.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
Against curveballs and sliders, that number plummets to .220.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
He toyed around with sliders and curveballs and change-ups and even a splitter in the hopes of finding an off-speed option to complement his ever-improving fastball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Yamamoto reached into his five-pitch repertoire Saturday, mixing in six fastballs, eight splitters, five sinkers, four cutters, four curveballs and three sliders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
All he did was set the Say Hey Kid down swinging — on three straight curveballs.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
