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The Sweeper Pitch

Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:02 pm
Posted by Wildcat98USA
Member since Nov 2023
508 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:02 pm
10 years ago this pitch didn’t exist? It’s a slider I assume?
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
108362 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:06 pm to
Dave Steib throw it far before it was callled a sweeper.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
150151 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 7:13 pm to
It's essentially a slider with less velocity and more horizontal movement
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
30123 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:11 pm to
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10 years ago this pitch didn’t exist?


Yeah it did, it was more rare and called a slurve.
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
17125 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:17 pm to
Sweeper?

I hardly knew 'er!
Posted by TigerReb7
Oxford
Member since Sep 2020
634 posts
Posted on 5/19/26 at 8:26 pm to
quote:

Yeah it did, it was more rare and called a slurve.
A slurve breaks both horizontally and vertically, while a sweeper breaks almost entirely sideways across the plate with minimal drop.
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