Usually means: Pitch that changes direction sharply.
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  1. breaking ball: Merriam-Webster
  2. breaking ball: Vocabulary.com
  3. breaking ball: Wiktionary
  4. breaking ball: Dictionary.com
  5. Breaking ball: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. breaking ball: FreeDictionary.org
  7. breaking ball: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. breaking ball: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. breaking ball: Rhymezone

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  1. breaking ball: Encyclopedia

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  1. breaking ball: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (breaking ball)

▸ noun:  (baseball) A curveball.

Similar:
bender, curve, curve ball, curveballer, curveball, hook, junkball, slowball, flutterball, ghostball, more...

Opposite:
fastball, heater, four-seam fastball

Types:
curveball, slider, knuckleball, forkball, screwball, more...

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Similar:
bender, curve, curve ball, curveballer, curveball, hook, junkball, slowball, flutterball, ghostball, more...

Opposite:
fastball, heater, four-seam fastball

Types:
curveball, slider, knuckleball, forkball, screwball, more...



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