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screwball

noun as in crazy person

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“I went out one time and told him, in Spanish, to throw his next pitch, his famous screwball, into the dirt,” Scioscia says.

Valley College star who had spent parts of three seasons with the Dodgers, threw a screwball.

He should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame for his contributions to the game, and if the people who make those decisions don’t understand that, they’re all screwballs.

Lawrence created TV series including “Scrubs” and “Ted Lasso,” shows that demonstrate a screwball comedy-like facility with banter.

Does Honeycutt, who has spent more than five decades in the game, think the screwball is too taxing on the arm?

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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