Dictionary / Vocabulary / 変化球
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breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball
common word
フォークは野球の変化球の一つで、真っすぐに飛んできた球が打者の前で急にすとんと落ちるのが特徴です。
It is characteristic of the fork ball, one of baseball's change-ups, that a ball that flew straight will drop suddenly just before the batter.