curveball
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Talk about inspiration: It was as if Clayton Kershaw had seen a kid throw a curveball and said, “Not bad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Unlike many of his bullpen counterparts, who rely on no more than two pitches, Ashby has four, highlighted by his 97 mph sinker and devastating curveball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“But if you dooooon’t …” Folger repeats the words like a pitcher caressing a verbal curveball she’s about to throw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
I never expected life to throw me this curveball.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
His eyes squint; he’s probably nervous about the curveball I’m throwing his way.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
Snell then struck out Sean Murphy to end the inning, finishing the at-bat with three straight curveballs for strikes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“There’s going to be all sorts of curveballs thrown at you, sometimes faster than you hope,” Joly said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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
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