This article is about the baseball pitch. For other possible meanings see
slider (disambiguation). For the
cricket delivery, see
slider (cricket). In
baseball, a slider is a
pitch halfway between a
curveball and a
fastball. When pitched, the slider breaks laterally and down, with more speed than a
curve ball but less speed than 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, a pitch which is thrown as a fastball, but differs in the sense that a slider tends to be more of a
breaking ball. One of the most notable sliders is that of Francisco Rodríguez (
K-rod) which comes in looking like a strike and then breaks out of the strike zone.
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