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junkballer

noun

Etymology

From junkball + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as junkball — “junk + ball”
  8. suffixed as junkballer — “junkball + er”

Definitions

  1. A player that hits a lot of slow shots.

  2. A pitcher that relies heavily on off-speed pitches.

    • From the beginning, Clemens was a fireballer, Wells more of a junkballer.

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