Forkball

That day the pitch—and the name forkball—were both born. ❋ Bill James Rob Neyer (2004)

The term “Drop Ball” was probably also used by some reporters to refer to a forkball or to any other pitch that broke straight down as it neared the plate. ❋ Bill James Rob Neyer (2004)

I don't think that going to my forkball was the key. ❋ Unknown (2002)

A good fastball will set up a forkball, which is a pitch that appears to be ❋ Unknown (2000)

Note: Cook’s sinker was also sometimes called a forkball. ❋ Bill James Rob Neyer (2004)

In the early ’40s, the Chicago Daily News’ John P. Carmichael also referred to a forkball as a “dry spitter,” but the term seems to have disappeared shortly thereafter. ❋ Bill James Rob Neyer (2004)

"Could have thrown a mean forkball if he'd stuck with it." ❋ Matthew Futterman (2011)

In Game 5 of the series, the Red Sox were trailing 5-4 and down to their last strike when Dave Henderson launched a Donnie Moore forkball into the left-field seats. ❋ William Fredrick Cooper (2011)

So you give them the whole buffet: curves, sliders, fastballs, spitters, inshoots, and then a forkball at the head in the interest of batter humility. ❋ James Lee Burke (2010)

Even Americans who don't know a forkball from a fork at least dimly understood that forces bigger than baseball were at work -- forces of national pride and identity. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That's when Cubs roving minor league pitching coach Fred Martin taught Sutter the split-finger fastball, a derivation of the forkball that changed Sutter's career — and life. ❋ Unknown (2006)