About the pseudonymous informant Curveball informant the Ugly Betty episode Curveball Ugly Betty Image 12 6 Curveball.gif thumb 200px An animated diagram of a 12 6 curveball The curveball is a type of pitch .... Outside the context of baseball, variants of the expression to throw a curveball essentially translate to introducing a significant deviation to a preceding concept. Grip and action The curveball ... straight and away from the ball to keep them clear of the throwing motion. The curveball and slider share nearly identical grips and throwing motion. The delivery of a curveball is entirely different ... finger thus imparting the forward or top spin characteristic of a curveball. The result is the exact ... Post Intelligencer ref A typical curveball in the major collegiate level and above will average ... breaking pitch is left high in the zone where hitters can wait on it and drive it for power. The curveball ... greater chance of throwing wild pitch es when throwing the curveball. When thrown ... 2010 06 09 accessdate 2010 10 27 ref Safety Due to the unnatural motion required to throw it, the curveball ... of proper form unlikely. The parts of the arm most commonly injured by the curveball are the ligament ..., or the Tommy John surgical procedure. The 12 6 curveball vs. The slurve Curveballs have a variety ... curveball. Pitchers who can throw a curveball completely over handed with the arm slot more ... very wide laterally. Because the slider and the curveball share nearly the same grip and have the same unique throwing motions, this curveball breaks much like a slider, and is colloquially termed ... between curveball and other pitches such as slider and slurve, may be difficult to detect or even describe. A less common term for this type of curveball is a 1 7 or 2 8 curve. Physics of a curveball Generally the Magnus effect describes the laws of physics that make a curveball curve. A fastball ... effects during the 60 feet 6 inches it travels to home plate. On the other hand, a curveball ... more details
Infobox person name Rafid Ahmed Alwan image image size caption Curveball as seen in the Danish documentary ... nationality former Iraqi Citizen residence Karlsruhe , Germany alias Curveball alma mater Baghdad ... , known by the Central Intelligence Agency cryptonym Curveball , is an Iraqi people Iraqi citizen ... http www.gwu.edu nsarchiv NSAEBB NSAEBB234 index.htm title The Record on CURVEBALL Declassified Documents .... ref On November 4, 2007, 60 Minutes revealed Curveball s real identity. ref name CBSname cite news ... summed up Curveball as a guy trying to get his green card essentially, in Germany, and playing ..., shortly after that point. The name Curveball Allegedly because the Iraqi informant disliked Americans ... DIA pressed for access to Curveball, BND said that Curveball disliked Americans and that he would refuse ... 1120 01.htm title How U.S. Fell Under the Spell of Curveball publisher Los Angeles Times accessdate ... pro American, and that the Germans were guarding their source. ref Drogin, Bob, Curveball , Random ... agencies and the informant was given the codename Curveball . Despite it being an American ... name commondreams ref Drogin, Bob, Curveball , Random House, 2007, p 35 ref Claims and background Rafid ... the same company. ref name CBSname Curveball s story began in November 1999 when Alwan, then in his ... English and German. Curveball says that he worked for Iraq s Military Industrial Commission after ... microbiologist Rihab Taha Rihab Rashid Taha , to construct mobile biological weapons labs. But Curveball ... is unable to verify his claims. Curveball s statements are recorded in German, shared with a local ... the data and share it with artists who use Curveball s accounts to render sketches. ref he worked ... listened to his claims and debriefed him starting in December 1999, ref Drogin, Bob, Curveball ... the Americans did not have direct access to Curveball, ref Drogin, Bob, Curveball , Random House, 2007, p.31 senior BND officials decided to bar the CIA from talking to their new source , p.36 Curveball ... more details
Infobox Television episode Title Curveball Series Ugly Betty Season 3 Episode 23 Airdate May 21, 2009 Production 323 Writer Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally Director Victor Nelli, Jr. Episode list List of Ugly Betty episodes Episode chronology Image Caption Prev In the Stars Next The Fall Issue Curveball is the twenty third episode in the third season, the 64th episode overall, of the American dramedy series Ugly Betty , which aired on May 21, 2009. ref http www.abcmedianet.com web dnr dispDNR.aspx?id 050409 04 ABC Medianet.com Retrieved 05 04 09. ref This episode doubles as the first part of a two hour episode, a first in the series history. Plot After watching a TV piece that has Daniel leaving the hospital with Molly, Daniel and Betty are approached by Cal with an invite to a Mets game in order to promote Mode nowiki nowiki s Wedding Issue Cal is pleased with Daniel s transformation from playboy to devoted husband, making him a media darling, even landing an interview on The View . Betty is later visited by Matt, who drops by to give Betty a portrait of her that freaks out Amanda. Betty gets an offer from Matt about moving in together, and accepts the offer. However, just as she got off the phone with Matt, she sees Henry back in New York City. This makes Betty realise the fact that she still has feelings for her former fiance, as she follows his Facebook account to track his whereabouts. Meanwhile, Betty and Marc wait to see if their YETI editor interviews resulted in actual jobs. However, it turns out Jodi might be sabotaging their efforts, as Marc tells Betty that Jodie is into gay guys in other words, Marc . After an exhausting day of interviews, Betty, Marc and Amanda run into Henry... and his new girlfriend, Chloe. They all end up making plans to go to Daniel s Mets game. When Betty tells Matt about this, he tells her that he is cool with this. Seconds later she gets ... 3 References Reflist Ugly Betty Season 3 Category Ugly Betty episodes Curveball ... more details
Yellowhammer can refer to Emberiza citrinella , an Old World passerine bird An alternative name for the Yellow shafted Flicker Colaptes auratus , a North American woodpecker A nickname for state troops from Alabama , United States Yellowhammer Media Group , the name of a New York based media group, originating in Alabama Yellow Hammer can refer to An exceptional curveball pitch with a sharp 12 6 curveball 12 to 6 downward break disamb ... more details
In Major League Baseball Major League history, the term knuckle curve has been used to describe three entirely different pitches. The first, more common pitch called the knuckle curve is really a standard curveball , thrown with one or more of the index or mean fingers bent. According to practitioners, this gives them a better grip on the ball and allows for tighter spin and greater movement. In all other respects, this knuckle curve is identical to the standard curveball. This version of the knuckle curve is currently used by Major League pitchers Cliff Lee , Dan Haren , J. P. Howell , Brandon Morrow , Phil Hughes , A.J. Burnett and Jonathan Sanchez . Mike Mussina was well known for his incorporation of the pitch into his repertoire. Justin Verlander formerly threw a knuckle curve but was forced to abandon the pitch due to problems with blisters http www.freep.com apps pbcs.dll article?AID 20060501 SPORTS02 605010394 1050 . The knuckle curve is usually called the spike curve by MLB players and coaches because the pitch is nothing like a knuckleball . The second type of knuckle curve is a breaking ball that is thrown with a grip similar to the knuckleball. Unlike a knuckleball, which spins very little, a knuckle curve spins like a normal curveball because the pitcher s index and middle fingers push the top of the ball into a downward curve at the moment of release. Since only two fingers produce the spin, however, a knuckle curve does not spin as fast as a curveball, meaning the break is less sharp and predictable. Because the knuckle curve can be thrown with the same general motion as a fastball , it is more deceptive than a normal curveball. This kind of knuckle curve is rare it is easier to control than a standard knuckleball, but still difficult to master. The most famous practitioners of this type of knuckle curve are Burt Hooton Burt Happy Hooton , who pitched for the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers from the mid 1970s to mid 1980s, and current Los Ang ... more details
did first invent or throw the first curveball, the lore is that Candy Cummings threw the first known curveball during a game in 1867 in Worcester , Massachusetts , with the Excelsior of Brooklyn Brooklyn ... recorded demonstration of a curveball to sporstwriter baseball historian Henry Chadwick writer ... Bill Stern Bill Stern on the curveball Bill Stern on the curveball . Additionally, an article in The London Free Press Fred Goldsmith Invented The Curveball of June 21, 1939, credits Goldsmith with inventing the curveball and says that Just three days following Fred Goldsmith s death on March 28, 1939 ... also believed that Goldsmith invented the curveball. Altrock and Goldsmith were in London, Ontario ... invention of the curveball. Per censuses 1860, 1870, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 , Fred s birth year more ... Search&db 5EDB IRD CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata 1566636779 Goldsmith Dies Insisting He Invented Curveball ... more details
noinclude TOCright Main Glossary of baseball noinclude Y yacker yakker A curveball with a big break. yank To Glossary of baseball P pull pull a fair ball down the Glossary of baseball F foul lines foul line . Damian Miller then yanked a double just inside the third base bag and down the line, scoring both runners. ref http www.jsonline.com story index.aspx?id 422549 JS Online Some late night delivery Bot generated title ref yard The baseball field. If a batter hits a home run, the ball may be said to have left the yard. yardwork A player is said to be doing yardwork by hitting many home runs or exhibiting power. Compare to Glossary of baseball G going yard going yard . yardjob A home run. Compare to Glossary of baseball G going yard going yard . yellow hammer main Yellow Hammer A sharp breaking curveball. Supposedly named after the yellowhammer bird and its apparent habit of diving steeply to catch prey. you re out A phrase commonly used in baseball to indicate that a member of the batting team has made an out and must leave the field of play. noinclude References Reflist Glossary of baseball index DEFAULTSORT Glossary Of Baseball Y Category Baseball lists noinclude ... more details
Kindle Format 8 KF8 is the next generation file format for Amazon Kindle books replacing Mobipocket Mobi 7 . ref http www.amazon.com gp feature.html?docId 1000729511 Kindle Format 8 , Amazon.com, October 2011. ref It integrates many HTML5 tags and CSS attributes. ref name tc http techcrunch.com 2011 10 20 amazon throws a minor curveball with html5 kindle 8 format Amazon Throws A Minor Curveball With HTML5 Powered Kindle Format 8 , TechCrunch, Oct 20, 2011. ref It will be native to the Kindle Fire tablet device and integrated into new e ink devices by the end of 2011. ref name tc Older e ink devices will not support it, however publishers can convert from KF8 to Mobi, as long as the book content supports it. ref name tc References Reflist External links http www.amazon.com gp feature.html?docId 1000729511 Kindle Format 8 , Amazon.com http www.amazon.com gp feature.html ref amb link 357613442 1?ie UTF8&docId 1000729901&pf rd m ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf rd s center 5&pf rd r 1SMP3WA2ZFPE1V88B33V&pf rd t 1401&pf rd p 1321300302&pf rd i 1000729511 KF8 Feature List , full list of format features. Category Amazon.com Category Computer file formats da Kindle format 8 zh Kindle Format 8 ... more details
on a Curveball format HTML publisher Los Angeles Times accessdate 2007 07 24 last Greg Miller ... tubes, insufficient vetting of key sources, particularly the source Curveball, and somewhat overheated ... 274 of the Iraq Intelligence Commission elaborates, explaining that when DIA pressed for access to Curveball, BND said that Curveball disliked Americans and that he would refuse to speak to them. ref ... named Curveball informant Curveball . ref name LATIMES Curveball had never been interviewed ... obtained from Curveball, according to the report. ref name LATIMES Information about aluminum ... and government entities . ref name LATIMES While there were many reports that Curveball ... Curveball. ref name LATIMES Recommendations The report also looked forward, recommending a large ... more details
unreferenced date July 2007 Image Sliderillustration.png thumb A common grip of a slider In baseball , a breaking ball is a pitch baseball pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the Batter baseball batter . A pitcher who uses primarily breaking ball pitches is often referred to as a junkballer . A breaking ball will have some sideways or downward motion on it. Curveball s and slider s are two types of breaking balls. A breaking ball is more difficult than a fastball for a catcher to receive as breaking pitches sometimes hit the ground before making it to the plate sometimes intentionally, sometimes not . The pitcher must therefore have confidence in the catcher, and the catcher have confidence in himself, to block a ball in the dirt when there are runners on base, since if the ball gets away from the catcher the runners will likely advance. If a breaking ball fails to break, it is called a hanging breaking ball. The hanger becomes a high, slow pitch that is very easy to hit, and often results in hits for extra bases or a home run . Whether a right handed or a left handed pitcher is throwing will dictate which direction a catcher will turn his body to adjust for the spin of a breaking ball. Therefore, blocking the breaking ball requires some thought and preparation. It is worth noting that a breaking ball is not a specific pitch, but rather any pitch that breaks for instance, a curveball , Cutter baseball cutter , slider . External links http www.popularmechanics.com outdoors sports baseball 1283161 Mechanics of a breaking ball Baseball pitches Category Baseball pitches ko ja ... more details
PITCHf x , created and maintained by Sportvision , is a system that tracks the trajectories of pitched baseballs. This system, which made its debut in the 2006 MLB playoffs, is installed in every MLB stadium. ref http www.slate.com id 2172223 PITCHf x, the new technology that will change statistical analysis forever , Slate magazine Slate , 15 August 2007. Accessed 2008 05 29. ref Usage PITCHf x is a system using two cameras mounted in the stadium to track the speed and location of a pitched baseball from the pitcher s mound to home plate with an accuracy of better than one mile per hour and one inch. With PITCHf x, statistics such as the pitcher with the fastest fastball, or the pitcher with the sharpest breaking curve, etc., can be analyzed. The PITCHf x data is used in MLB s online Gameday webcast to show the path and speed of each pitch, as well as the location with respect to the strike zone as the pitch crossed the front of home plate. Gameday presents two values from PITCHf x to characterize the deflection of the pitch trajectory. The BRK quantity represents the amount of bend in the trajectory at its greatest distance from a straight line. A curveball will have a larger value of BRK than a fastball. The PFX quantity represents the deflection of the baseball due to the spin and drag forces from the path it would have taken under the influence of gravity alone. For example, a fastball would have a small value for BRK but a large value for the spin displacement PFX because of the rising action of the fastball caused by backspin. Conversely, a curveball or slider will have a significant break measurement, but lower spin displacement. References reflist Category Baseball media sport stub ... more details
A burn notice is an official statement issued by an intelligence agency to other agencies. It states that an asset intelligence asset or intelligence source is unreliable for one or more reasons. ref http www.dtic.mil doctrine jel doddict data b 00812.html Burn Notice Definition , http www.dtic.mil doctrine jel doddict Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms , accessed via dtic.mil April 9, 2008 ref This is essentially a directive for the recipient to disregard or burn all information derived from that individual or group. ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id 1 Sc FtXhJoC&pg PT70 page 41 title Historical dictionary of international intelligence volume 4 first Nigel last West publisher Rowman & Littlefield year 2006 ISBN 081085578X, ISBN 9780810855786 ref Examples Ahmed Chalabi ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id NZxHmWxPPncC&pg PA27 page 27 title Denial and deception an insider s view of the CIA from Iran contra to 9 11 first Melissa Boyle last Mahle publisher Nation Books year 2004 ISBN 1560256494, ISBN 9781560256496 ref Curveball informant Curveball ref cite news first last authorlink coauthors title Curveball I Am Not To Blame for U.S. War in Iraq url http abcnews.go.com Blotter Story?id 4512173&page 1 quote The CIA has since issued an official burn notice formally retracting more than 100 intelligence reports based on his information. publisher ABC News date accessdate 2008 06 27 ref ref name Hosenball cite news first Mark last Hosenball authorlink Mark Hosenball coauthors title Who s Fault is CurveBall Mess? url quote U.S. intel quickly figured the source was a fabricator, but a so called burn notice about the source s unreliability was somehow mislaid. publisher Newsweek date January 17, 2006 accessdate 2008 04 10 ref Manucher Ghorbanifar 1984 and 1986 ref cite news first last authorlink coauthors title They re Back url http www.prospect.org web page.ww?section root&name ViewWeb&articleId 12059 quote Given this associate s acknowle ... more details
Infobox person name Bob Drogin image caption location birthname birth date March 29, 1952 birth place death date death place education Oberlin College, Columbia School of Journalism occupation Journalist, Author alias title family spouse Francoise Joaquin domesticpartner children relatives ethnicity religion salary networth credits Los Angeles Times agent URL Bob Drogin covers intelligence and national security in the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times . Life He is a native of Bayonne, N.J., and a graduate of Oberlin College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . He lives with his wife and two children in Silver Spring, MD. Career Drogin first joined the Los Angeles Times in 1983 as a national correspondent based in New York City. He traveled to nearly every state and covered the 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns. He subsequently moved overseas as a foreign correspondent, serving as bureau chief in Manila and Johannesburg. He reported on Nelson Mandela s election as president of South Africa, the genocide in Rwanda, the Persian Gulf War, and other news from nearly 50 countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He is the author of the 2007 book, Curveball Spies, Lies, and the Con Man Who Caused a War, which describes the role of the Curveball informant Iraqi informant who was a key source for claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction . The Overseas Press Club of America gave Curveball the 2007 Cornelius Ryan Award for best non fiction book on international affairs. It also won the Investigative Reporters and Editors book prize in 2007. Awards Drogin has won or shared numerous journalism prizes, including an Overseas Press Club of America Award, two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award s, an International Center for Investigative Journalism Award, and a George Polk Award . He was a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University in 1997 and a Media Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford in 2006 and 2009. In 1981, he ... more details
Dablink This article is about the baseball pitch. For other possible meanings see Slider disambiguation . Cleanup link rot date April 2012 Image Sliderillustration.png thumb 150px A common grip used to throw a slider In baseball , a slider also known as a yakker , a snapper , or a spinner is a pitch baseball pitch that breaks laterally and down, with a speed between that of a curveball and that of a fastball . The break on the pitch is shorter than that of a curveball. The release technique of a slider is between a curveball and a fastball. The slider is similar to the cutter baseball cutter , a pitch which is thrown as a fastball, but differs in the sense that a slider tends to be more of a breaking ball . Slider continuum Depending on velocity, a pitch can fall anywhere on the continuum from fastball to slider fastball cut fastball hard slider slider slurve cut fastball 2 3 MPH slower than fastball hard slider 3 5 MPH slower than fastball slider 7 9 MPH slower than fastball The most notable difference between a slider and curveball is that the curveball delivery includes a downward yank on the ball as it is released, in addition to the lateral spin applied by the slider grip. The slider is released off the index finger while the curveball is released off the middle finger. If the pitcher is snapping his wrist as he throws, and the movement is more downward than sideways, then he is probably throwing a curveball or slurve , and not a true slider . ref http www.sportsmogul.com pitches index.html ref When throwing a slider the pitcher should create a dot on the baseball. What this means is that as the ball approaches home plate the rotation of the ball is forming a dot. On a good slider the dot will be down where it is not noticeable for a hitter to pick up. From the batter s perspective this dot appears white, whereas the dot is red for a curve ball created by the seam movement allowing many skilled batters to immediately recognize the type of pitch. By having the d ... more details
wiktionarypar curve A curve is a geometrical object in mathematics. Curve may also refer to Music Curve band , an English music group Curve Doc Walker album Curve Doc Walker album , a 2001 album by Doc Walker Curve Our Lady Peace album Curve Our Lady Peace album , a 2012 album by Our Lady Peace Others Curve magazine Curve magazine , a U.S. lesbian magazine Curve design magazine Curve design magazine , an industrial design magazine Curve theatre , a theatre in Leicester, United Kingdom Curve tonality , a software technique for image manipulation Curve, fragrance by Liz Claiborne Grading curve , a system of grading students BlackBerry Curve , a series of phones from Research In Motion French curve , a template made out of plastic, metal or wood used to draw smooth curves Flat spline , a very flexible rule used to draw curves Curves may refer to Curves International , an international fitness franchise Female body shape See also The Curve disambiguation Curvature Curveball disambig de Curve eu Kurba argipena fr Curve ko ja ... more details
vehicles had come from the multiple informants but the main and most important one was known as Curveball informant Curveball . Curveball an Iraqi asylum in Germany claimed that after he had graduated ... debriefers in Arabic through a translator, and also in broken English and German. Curveball says that he ... , to construct mobile biological weapons labs. But Curveball never says that he actually produced biological weapons or witnessed anyone else doing so and the BND is unable to verify his claims. Curveball ... use Curveball s accounts to render sketches. ref he worked for Dr. Germ, British trained microbiologist ... 2004, over a year after the invasion of Iraq, the CIA concluded formally that Curveball s information ... that Curveball was a con artist who drove a Taxicab taxi in Iraq and spun his engineering knowledge ... Mohammad Harith like curveball evidence was labeled with a fabricator notice. A third source, reporting ... reports from Curveball regarding mobile BW facilities in Iraq. These reports did not come directly from Curveball, however, but were transferred through a foreign liaison. ref A fourth source existed ... All the sources depended on the Curveball informant Curveball s account and were seen as supportive ... Border Top Sources ref References reflist 2 See also Curveball informant Iraqi aluminum tubes Niger ... more details
BLP refimprove date August 2010 Nofootnotes date August 2010 Tyler Drumheller is the former chief of the Central Intelligence Agency CIA covert operations in Europe , who has said that the CIA had credible sources discounting some Iraq disarmament crisis weapons of mass destruction claims before the 2003 Invasion of Iraq . He received and discounted documents central to the Niger yellowcake forgery prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He has also stated that senior White House officials dismissed intelligence information from his agency which reported Saddam Hussein had no Weapons of mass destruction WMD program. According to Drumheller, the CIA, with the help of a friendly intelligence service, recruited Iraq i Foreign Minister Naji Sabri in Europe during the late summer of 2002. http www.msnbc.msn.com id 11927856 Sabri told the CIA in September that Saddam had no major active weapons of mass destruction programs they had no fissile fissile material and Biological warfare biological weapons were almost non existent, although he claimed that there were Chemical warfare chemical weapons . This information was then transmitted to the White House, but it was ignored in favor of the information coming from a source known as Curveball informant Curveball . On September 6, 2007, Sidney Blumenthal , reporting at salon.com, supported Drumheller s account Now two former senior CIA officers have confirmed Drumheller s account to me and provided the background to the story of how the information that might have stopped the invasion of Iraq was twisted in order to justify it. Drumheller retired from the CIA in 2005 after a 26 year career there. Tyler played rugby at the University of Virginia . See also William D. Bill Murray Bibliography On the Brink An Insider s Account of How the White House Compromised American Intelligence Carroll & Graf, November, 2006 ISBN 0 7867 1915 X Wie das Wei e Haus die Welt bel gt Der Insider Bericht des ehemaligen CIA Chefs von Europa Hugendubel V ... more details
Infobox baseball biography name Frank Rawhide Wickware image size position Pitcher bats Right throws Right birth date birth date mf yes 1888 3 8 birth place Coffeyville, Kansas death date death date and age mf yes 1967 11 2 1888 3 8 death place Schenectady, New York debutyear by 1909 debutteam Dallas Giants finalyear by 1925 finalteam Lincoln Giants New York Lincoln Giants teams nowiki nowiki Dallas Giants by 1909 Leland Giants by 1909 by 1910 Chicago American Giants by 1911 by 1912 Brooklyn Royal Giants by 1912 by 1914 Mohawk Giants by 1913 by 1914 Louisville White Sox by 1914 Chicago American Giants by 1914 by 1918 ref name colorline Lincoln Stars baseball Lincoln Stars by 1915 ref name colorline Indianapolis ABCs by 1916 Jewell s ABCs by 1917 Chicago Giants by 1917 Detroit Stars by 1919 Norfolk Stars by 1920 Chicago American Giants by 1920 by 1921 Lincoln Giants New York Lincoln Giants by 1920 Canadian League by 1921 St. Louis Giants Philadelphia Giants Lincoln Giants New York Lincoln Giants by 1925 Frank Wickware born March 8, 1888 in Coffeyville, Kansas died November 2, 1967 in Schenectady, New York was a baseball pitcher in the Negro League baseball Negro Leagues from 1910 to 1925. In a nationally syndicated article written in 1915, it was said that Wickware is another negro pitcher who would rank with the Walter Johnsons, Joe Woods or Grover Alexanders if he were a white man. ref name colorline http johndonaldson.bravehost.com pdf 00708.pdf Color Line Loses 3 Great Pitchers to Major Leagues Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, CO, June 9, 1915, Page 7 ref Wickware s signature pitch seems to be a curveball that appeared to be a beanball , but his control is so perfect that it was said he never hit a batter in the head. But batters would jump away from the plate, only to have his curveball arch into place over the plate. ref name colorline Wickware served in the military during World War I . citation needed date December 2011 References Reflist ... more details
Infobox MLB player name Luke Putkonen number 36 position Pitcher team Detroit Tigers bats Right throws Right debutdate April 29 debutyear 2012 debutteam Detroit Tigers birth date birth date and age 1986 5 10 birth place Winfield, Illinois teams nowiki nowiki Detroit Tigers mlby 2012 present Luke W. Putkonen born May 10, 1986 is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers . Putkonen attended Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia . He then enrolled at the University of North Carolina UNC , where he played college baseball for the UNC Tar Heels baseball team. The Tigers drafted Putkonen in the third round of the 2007 MLB Draft . He was promoted to the MLB roster for the first time on April 26, 2012. ref http www.freep.com article 20120426 SPORTS02 204260609 Pitching change Tigers call up Luke Putkonen demote Thad Weber?odyssey mod newswell text Sports s ref Putkonen made his Major League debut on April 29, 2012, in a relief appearance against the New York Yankees . ref cite web last Rumberg first Howie title Sabathia pitches 8 strong for Yankees url http sports.yahoo.com news sabathia pitches 8 strong yankees 203010472 mlb.html publisher Associated Press accessdate 30 April 2012 ref Putkonen throws four pitches. He has a four seam fastball and two seam fastball at 92 95 mph with good tailing action, a changeup in the mid 80s, and a curveball in the upper 70s. His four seamer and curveball are used against right handers, and his two seamer and changeup are used against left handers. ref cite web title PITCHf x Player Card Luke Putkonen url http brooksbaseball.net player cards player card.php?player 446367 publisher BrooksBaseball.net accessdate 29 April 2012 ref References reflist External links baseballstats br p putkolu01 brm putkon001luk cube Luke Putkonen Detroit Tigers roster navbox DEFAULTSORT Putkonen, Luke Category 1986 births Category Living people Category People from Winfield, Illinois Category Major League Baseball pitchers Category Ba ... more details
Invention of the Curveball File Candy Cummings, 1875.png thumb upright left 110px Cummings in 1875. Cummings is often credited with being the first pitcher to throw a curveball , reportedly in 1867 at Worcester ... Stars . Citation needed date July 2010 Cummings said that he discovered the idea of the curveball ... it curve. Another pitcher to claim inventing the curveball is New Haven , Connecticut born Fred Goldsmith ... more details
Infobox MLB player name Armando Almanza image caption position Relief pitcher birth date Birth date and age 1972 10 26 birth place El Paso, Texas death date bats Left throws Left debutdate July 29 debutyear By 1999 debutteam Florida Marlins finaldate July 20 finalyear By 2005 finalteam Arizona Diamondbacks stat1label Win baseball Win Loss stat1value 14 13 stat2label Earned run average stat2value 4.82 stat3label Strikeout s stat3value 232 teams nowiki nowiki This is a workaround forcing the recognition of bullets Florida Marlins By 1999 By 2003 Atlanta Braves By 2004 Arizona Diamondbacks By 2005 highlights Armando N. Almanza born October 26, 1972 in El Paso, Texas is a former left handed relief pitcher , who last played for the Arizona Diamondbacks . He also played for the Florida Marlins and the Atlanta Braves in his career. He is a hard thrower, with a fastball in the mid 90 s and a big, slow curveball , but had issues with his control his entire career. External links Baseballstats br a almanar01 fangraphs 507 cube Armando Almanza brm almanz001arm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Almanza, Armando ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American baseball player DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1972 PLACE OF BIRTH El Paso, Texas DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Almanza, Armando Category 1972 births Category Living people Category Baseball players from Texas Category Major League Baseball pitchers Category Florida Marlins players Category Atlanta Braves players Category Arizona Diamondbacks players Category People from El Paso, Texas Category American baseball players of Mexican descent Category Memphis Redbirds players Category Jupiter Hammerheads players Category Greenville Braves players Category Richmond Braves players Category Fresno Grizzlies players Category Tucson Sidewinders players US baseball pitcher 1970s stub ... more details
George Walter Scales August 16, 1900 April 15, 1976 , ref name HOF nicknamed Tubby , was an United States American second baseman and manager baseball manager in Negro league baseball , most notably with the New York Lincoln Giants and Baltimore Elite Giants . Born in Talladega, Alabama , ref name HOF http www.baseballhalloffame.org hofers and honorees scales tubby.htm Baseball Hall of Fame candidate biography Dead link url http www.baseballhalloffame.org hofers and honorees scales tubby.htm date May 2008 ref he batting average batted .321 over a 25 year career during which he played several positions. He also managed for twelve seasons in the Puerto Rican winter league, winning six pennants, ref name HOF and led the Caribbean World Series champions in by 1951 . Buck Leonard claimed that George Scales was the best curveball hitter he ever saw. ref cite book author Charlton, James Shatzkin, Mike Holtje, Stephen title The Ballplayers baseball s ultimate biographical reference publisher Arbor House William Morrow location New York year 1990 isbn 0 87795 984 6 oclc doi accessdate 2008 06 26 page 965 ref After retiring from baseball in 1958, he became a stockbroker. Fact date June 2008 He died at age 75 in Compton, California . ref name HOF References references External links Negro league stats seam 705 brn scales000geo http coe.ksu.edu nlbemuseum history players scales.html Negro League Baseball Museum Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Scales, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1900 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Scales, George Category Negro league baseball players Category Negro league baseball managers Category 1900 births Category 1976 deaths negro league baseball stub ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 Not to be confused with track ball Trac Ball or Trac Ball, or Tracball is typically a game of catch played by two or more people wherein both participants wield an oversized glove racquet basket, passing a ball back and forth. The racquet is similar in appearance and function to a jai alai basket. Trac Ball is also utilized in a game called whirlyball. Whirlyball is a game played on bumper cars where two teams using track balls attempt to score goals against one another by throwing the Trac Ball into the opposing team s elevated net. Curving A unique aspect of Trac Ball is the ease at which Curveball curves can be attained. The grooves in the racquet along with the striations on the ball provide a great deal of spin which allows players to throw deep curveballs with little effort. Holding the racquet perpendicular to the ground and throwing forward will cause the ball to spin backwards towards the thrower. This usually causes a higher flight than intended when aiming directly at the catcher. Throw distance is extended by ball spin, but the curve is otherwise unnoticeable. A more dramatic curving effect can be caused by holding the racquet parallel to the ground. The ball will curve back towards the catcher if, for instance, the racquet is held out to the right by a right handed person and the ball is aimed approximately 30 degrees to the left of the catcher or more depending on the velocity of the throw . Adoption by other sports The scoop commonly used in Whirlyball is a Trac Ball racquet, although a whiffleball is substituted for the traditional Trac Ball. References references div External links http www.virtualtoychest.com tracball tracball.html Virtual Toy Chest http www.wham o.com product Backyard 90073.html Trac Ball product information at Wham O Category Lawn games Game stub ... more details
Infobox MLB player name Drungo Hazewood position Outfielder image bats Right throws Right birth date Birth date and age 1959 9 2 birth place Mobile, Alabama death date death place debutdate September 19 debutyear 1980 debutteam Baltimore Orioles finaldate October 4 finalyear 1980 finalteam Baltimore Orioles stat1label Batting average stat1value .000 stat2label Home run s stat2value 0 stat3label Run batted in Runs batted in stat3value 0 teams nowiki nowiki Baltimore Orioles by 1980 Drungo Hazewood born September 2, 1959 in Mobile, Alabama was an outfielder in Major League Baseball . He played for the Baltimore Orioles in 1980. Played for the Charlotte Orioles Class AA in the 1980s and was known as a power hitter who struck out frequently and had difficulty hitting a curveball. Hazewood was a first round pick, and the nineteenth player selected overall, by Baltimore in 1977. He made his major league debut in 1980, appearing in six games and going hitless in five plate appearances with four strikeouts. External links Baseballstats br h hazewdr01 fangraphs cube Baltimore Orioles first round draft picks Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hazewood, Drungo ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American baseball player DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1959 PLACE OF BIRTH Mobile ,Alabama DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hazewood, Drungo Category 1959 births Category Living people Category Baltimore Orioles players Category Baseball players from Alabama Category Major League Baseball outfielders Category Bluefield Orioles players Category Miami Orioles players Category Charlotte O s players Category Rochester Red Wings players Category San Jose Bees players US baseball outfielder 1950s stub ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Dicks Type Album Artist Fila Brazillia Cover Released 20 September 2004 Recorded June 2003 Genre Electronica Length 1 00 22 Label Twentythree Records Producer Fila Brazillia Reviews Last album Life and Times of Phoebus Brumal br 2004 This album Dicks br 2004 Dicks is an album by the British electronica group, Fila Brazillia , released on Twentythree Records in 2004. The album title Dicks refers to the French word for 10 Dix. This is Fila s Brazillia s 10th album in as many years. Dicks is filled with 23 b sides from the Phoebus Brumal sessions. Track listing An Impossible Place 0 38 Sidearms and Parsnips 3 23 Shellac 2 16 D Avros 3 19 The Great Attractor 2 39 Kiss My Whippet 1 57 Ballon 5 07 Lullaby Berkowitz 3 48 The Cubist News 1 58 Goggle Box 4 58 Heil Mickey 4 05 Doggin 2 32 708 7606 19 0 53 And Flesh 2 18 Curveball for the 21st Century 2 29 The Hull Priests 2 47 Sugar Plum Hairnet 1 38 Furball Shingdig 2 43 The Third Tendril of the Squid 2 05 We ve Almost Surprised Me 2 09 VD 0 22 Nutty Slack 3 07 Septentrion 3 21 DEFAULTSORT Dicks Album Category 2004 albums Category Fila Brazillia albums 2000s electronic album stub ... more details
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