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Training device in baseball and softball
A pitching machine is a machine that automatically pitches a baseball to a batter at different speeds and styles. Most machines are hand-fed, but there
Pitching_machine
Player who pitches the ball in baseball
throwing mechanics as soon as possible: basic throwing, fastball pitching and change-up pitching. 6) Avoid using radar guns. 7) A pitcher should not also be
Pitcher
Team ball sport
the batted ball hits it. Pitching is generally a little slower because of the indoor turf, or pitched through a pitching machine at younger levels. There
Softball
Enclosure for baseball batting practice
of the cage, with a pitching machine (or, less often, a human pitcher) at the opposing end. The pitcher or pitching machine pitches baseballs to the batter
Batting_cage
Powered mechanical device
A machine is a thermodynamic system that uses power to apply forces and control movement to perform an action. The term is commonly applied to artificial
Machine
Batting toy by Nintendo
Machine-shaped heads. In Splatoon 2, the Bomb Launcher, a special weapon, resembles the Ultra Machine. Ultra Hand List of Nintendo products Pitching machine
Ultra_Machine
American baseball player (born 1963)
Retrieved August 19, 2025. "Pitching Game Finder". Stathead.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 8, 2020. "Pitching Game Finder". Stathead.com. Sports
Randy_Johnson
American baseball player and broadcaster (1934–2025)
out the first pitch in the game against the New York Mets. But instead of throwing the ball to the catcher, he unveiled a pitching machine and used that
Bob_Uecker
Ball used in the sport of baseball
allows a pitcher to affect the behavior of the pitched ball in specific ways. Commonly thrown pitches include the curveball, slider, two-seam and four-seam
Baseball_(ball)
Ability to identify musical notes by ear without reference
Absolute pitch (AP), often called perfect pitch, is the ability to identify or re-create a given pitch without the benefit of a reference tone. AP may
Absolute_pitch
Baseball slang for a pitch intended to hit the batter
slur in the United States. In baseball, a beanball is a pitch, similar to a brushback pitch but actually intended to hit the batter as it is thrown at
Beanball
Illegal pitcher's move in baseball
restricted to a certain set of motions and one of two basic pitching positions before and during a pitch. If these regulations are violated with one or more runners
Balk
Principal directions in aviation
this axis is called pitch. Pitch changes the vertical direction that the aircraft's nose is pointing (a positive pitching motion raises the nose of the
Aircraft_principal_axes
Projectile Accelerator
Catapult Chain gun Fokker-Leimberger Gatling gun Gorgas machine gun Jai alai Pitching machine Revolver cannon https://www.thearmorylife.com/centrifugal-guns/
Centrifugal_gun
2000 American film by David Twohy
Films Pitch Black at Box Office Mojo Pitch Black at Rotten Tomatoes "Vin Diesel of Pitch Black" at the Wayback Machine (archived June 7, 2004). (Online chat
Pitch_Black_(film)
2006 film by Frank Sebastiano
Creepy Guy down by the shore Tina Fey as Gym Secretary Keisha as "The Pitching Machine" Elizabeth Regen as Gina Nick DiPaolo as Cousin Mickey The film was
Artie_Lange's_Beer_League
Baseball player who can hit both left- and right-handed
history, "If I'm pitching right-handed and they're hitting right-handed, it's tougher for them to see. And then, your breaking pitches are going away from
Switch_hitter
1918 – December 15, 2004) was the inventor of the modern baseball pitching machine. He grew up in the Santa Cruz area of California near a sawmill which
Lorenzo_Ponza
American baseball player (born 1985)
given the opportunity to throw any preparatory pitches after switching pitching hands. Any change of pitching hands must be indicated clearly to the umpire-in-chief
Pat_Venditte
Baseball statistic
a pitch was instituted in 1887. Inside pitching is a common and legal tactic in baseball, and many players make use of brushback pitches, or pitches aimed
Hit_by_pitch
called The Headless Batter which can hit balls pitched at high speeds by a baseball pitching machine. This semi-android robot performs the same actions
Baseball_robot
Target zone for a pitched baseball
pitchers, such as Tom Glavine, had to radically adjust their approach to pitching for strikes. In 2003, a frustrated Curt Schilling took a baseball bat to
Strike_zone
Sport
underhand pitching and other rules make vintage base ball similar to the sport of British baseball. "Base ball" spelled as two words No gloves Pitching underhanded
Vintage_base_ball
Central strip of the cricket field
from the pitch or outfield with a machine known as a water hog. During a match, the captain of the batting side may request that the pitch be rolled
Cricket_pitch
Former American beer brewing establishment
addition, "Pawling & Harnischfeger, of Milwaukee, put in a model pitching machine, which pitches beer kegs, and is a labor saving arrangement." And the company
Reading_Brewing_Company
American baseball player & coach (born 1962)
February 2018, Drabek was named as the pitching coach for the Double-A Jackson Generals. He served as the pitching coach for the Amarillo Sod Poodles in
Doug_Drabek
Call by the umpire against a batter or runner
credited with their role in getting outs through various pitching statistics such as innings pitched (a measure of the number of outs made by the pitcher
Out_(baseball)
Distance between RGB dots (sub-pixels) on a display
Dot pitch (sometimes called line pitch, stripe pitch, or phosphor pitch) is a specification for a computer display, computer printer, image scanner, or
Dot_pitch
Topics referred to by the same term
leader DK King of Swing, a video game the Ponza Swing King, a baseball pitching machine invented by Lorenzo Ponza the Swing King, a special cricket ball designed
King_of_Swing
South Korean animation series
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Zombiedumb
Topics referred to by the same term
Florida Nautical slang for an autopilot system Baseball slang for a pitching machine "Iron Mike", a poem by Charles Bukowski from the book Love is a Dog
Iron_Mike_(disambiguation)
Machine used for Cricket practice
user-friendly version of bowling machines and enable anyone to sport sports. Cricket portal Cricket clothing and equipment Pitching machine "Cambridge engineers recreate
Bowling_machine
Swedish video game developer
including founder Magnus Högdahl. After unsuccessfully pitching game ideas to several publishers, MachineGames agreed with Bethesda Softworks to develop an
MachineGames
American baseball player and manager (born 1952)
the Atlanta Braves pitching coach at the time), Lee Mazzilli (who was the New York Yankees bench coach at the time), and pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre
Ray_Knight
Tactic in baseball
had balked intentionally, so he could alter his pitching position to a windup, rather than pitching from the stretch. An intentional balk was attempted
Intentional_balk
British mathematician and author (1853–1907)
designed a gunpowder-powered baseball pitching machine for the Princeton baseball team's batting practice. The machine was versatile, capable of variable
Charles_Howard_Hinton
Japanese baseball player (born 1973)
included throwing 50 pitches, fielding 50 infield balls and 50 outfield balls, and hitting 500 pitches, 250 from a pitching machine and 250 from his father
Ichiro_Suzuki
Type of pitch in fastpitch softball
used still images taken from video of rise balls thrown from both a pitching machine and a human pitcher to document the flight path of the ball. One image
Riseball
at any pitch. See also "May I help you?" In baseball, there are two legal pitching positions: the windup, and the set. The choice of pitching position
Glossary_of_baseball_terms
American baseball player (born 1954)
Reds. The two grew up 20 miles from each other and spent $700 on a pitching machine to work on their hitting while in the Reds' system. "Replace Rose is
Harry_Spilman
1998 American film
batting cages, Coach Foster is strung up and shot to death with a pitching machine. Johnny then goes to the field and finds Devils player Anthony making
The_Catcher
Baseball award given annually to the best fielder at each position in each league in MLB
Royals Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 10, 2009. "2000 Texas Rangers Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics"
Gold_Glove_Award
Baseball team in Bunya, Queensland
floodlighting. The club also utilises a fully automated Iron Mike pitching machine as well as an electronic scoreboard. Joel Naughton - Philadelphia Phillies
Pine_Hills_Lightning
Computerized translation between natural languages
Machine translation is the use of computational techniques to translate text or speech from one language to another, including the contextual, idiomatic
Machine_translation
American baseball player (born 1989)
Oregon Ducks baseball team, Andrew Checketts discovered Anderson while pitching against a rival high school. The Minnesota Twins selected Anderson in the
Tyler_Anderson
Sports venue in South Bend, Indiana, US
runs that day. LaSalle High School baseball coach Scott Sill ran the pitching machine. Two days later, on July 6, 1987, Joel Reinebold hit the first home
Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium
Four_Winds_Field_at_Coveleski_Stadium
Baseball pitch
mechanics, and who believe that overhand pitching affords greater velocity. This is generally true, since overhand pitching provides better mechanical leverage
Sidearm_(baseball)
Major League Baseball team season
closer Sean Doolittle, who was named the assistant pitching coach after two seasons as a pitching strategist. The average age of the coaching staff dropped
2026 Washington Nationals season
2026_Washington_Nationals_season
Intercollegiate baseball team
permanent pitching mounds within the tunnels, and an “Iron Mike” pitching machine with an automatic ball feeder. This space is primarily used for pitching, hitting
Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball
Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_baseball
Audio processing technique that alters pitch
Pitch shifting is a sound recording technique in which the original pitch of a sound is raised or lowered. Effects units that raise or lower pitch by a
Pitch_shifting
American baseball player (1953–2022)
help the overworked pitching staff, pitching an inning in a game 12 years after his retirement as a player. He was the pitching coach for the New Orleans
Mark_Littell
International youth baseball program
use of a pitching machine to allow for more hittable balls at the plate and more action in the field. Fear of actually being hit by a pitched ball is diminished
Babe_Ruth_League
Machine performance art group
technologies, with the device's operator wearing a head-mounted display. The Pitching Machine – a device which fires 2x4 pieces of lumber Shockwave Cannon – a device
Survival Research Laboratories
Survival_Research_Laboratories
Material-removing manufacturing process
Machining is a manufacturing process where a desired shape or part is created using the controlled removal of material, most often metal, from a larger
Machining
Overview of and topical guide to baseball
Pace of play Pitch clock Pitching position Quick pitch Rainout Run Rundown Safe Strike zone Suspended game Tag out Tag up Time of pitch Uncaught third
Outline_of_baseball
awareness about his or her role in directing the game. Bowling machine Pitching machine Rules of Squash U.S. Squash. Retrieved 2013-02-13. Ralph Hickok
Squash_ball_machine
American baseball player and manager (1925–2005)
pennant because he didn't understand pitching." Mauch thought a pitcher could easily be replaced with a pitching machine. Mauch ultimately served as a manager
Gene_Mauch
American actor (born 1975)
in Higher Learning, School Ties, Dazed and Confused, Good Will Hunting, Pitch Black, Tigerland, Hart's War, Tears of the Sun, The Family that Preys, 2
Cole_Hauser
Type of machine
A crane is a machine used to move materials both vertically and horizontally, utilizing a system of a boom, hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves for
Crane_(machine)
American baseball player (born 1992)
subdued pitch delivery system, mostly foregoing a windup in favor of always pitching from the stretch, a decision that he believes improves his pitch control
Noah_Syndergaard
Assistant to a manager in baseball
A pitching coach mentors and trains teams' pitchers. Pitching coaches can alter a pitcher's arm angle, placement on the pitching rubber or pitch selection
Coach_(baseball)
Baseball or softball pitcher that enters a game to pitch after a starting pitcher
flexible and typically pitch in more games with a shorter time period between pitching appearances but with fewer innings pitched per appearance. A team's
Relief_pitcher
Measure of roof steepness
Roof pitch is the steepness of a roof expressed as a ratio of inch(es) rise per horizontal foot (or their metric equivalent), or as the angle in degrees
Roof_pitch
modern 9 iron) Mashie-niblick: 7 Iron (comparable to a modern pitching wedge) Pitching niblick: 8 Iron (comparable to a modern gap wedge) Niblick: 9 Iron
Obsolete_golf_clubs
Fixed series of tones that appear to ascend or descend endlessly in pitch
Document Archived 2021-12-05 at the Wayback Machine Diana Deutsch, Dooley, K., and Henthorn, T. (2008). "Pitch circularity from tones comprising full harmonic
Pitch_circularity
American reality television series
PitchMen (original name: But Wait...There's More) is a docudrama television program produced for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The show
PitchMen
Major League Baseball franchise
League Championship Series appearances, and producing one of the greatest pitching rotations in the history of baseball including Hall of Famers Greg Maddux
Atlanta_Braves
Overview of and topical guide to sports
Basket Rim Breakaway rim Net Line marker Machines Stringing machine Throwing machine Bowling machine Pitching machine Water hog Oar and Paddle Tee Vehicles
Outline_of_sports
Animated interactive children's television series
Blaze and the Monster Machines is an animated children's television series. It premiered on Nickelodeon on October 13, 2014. The show revolves around Blaze
Blaze and the Monster Machines
Blaze_and_the_Monster_Machines
American baseball player and coach (born 1986)
the pitching coach for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the New York Mets, later serving as their pitching coach
Jeremy_Hefner
Intelligence of machines
computer science that develops and studies methods and software that enable machines to perceive their environment and use learning and intelligence to take
Artificial_intelligence
Molecular-scale artificial or biological device
Molecular machines are a class of molecules typically described as an assembly of a discrete number of molecular components intended to produce mechanical
Molecular_machine
Electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds
A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion sounds, drum beats, and patterns. Drum machines may imitate drum kits or other
Drum_machine
Tallahassee. The Beautiful Light. 2008. Cats for Peru. ‘’The Attack of the Pitching Machine’’ 2009. Standard Fare. The Noyelle Beat. 2010. Nat Johnson & the Figureheads
Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation
Thee_Sheffield_Phonographic_Corporation
Angle of a blade in a fluid
style". 3 January 2017. "Wind turbine blades that change pitch boost wind power efficiency". Machine Design. 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2019-05-10. "Power Control
Blade_pitch
Baseball stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, US
is a covered training facility with hitting cages, pitching machines, and several indoor pitching mounds. List of NCAA Division I baseball venues "Dusty
Harmon_Stadium
American baseball player (born 1966)
Rangers organization, where his brother Mike was the pitching coach. He was announced as the pitching coach for the USA team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic
Greg_Maddux
time of the game. The pitching rules in effect in 1880 were very different from those of the modern game. Only underhand pitching was permitted, and the
List of Major League Baseball perfect games
List_of_Major_League_Baseball_perfect_games
Baseball park in Chicago, Illinois
and pitching cages, batting "swing" boxes for proper batting techniques and areas for base running and skills instruction. Speed Pitch Machines: Near
Rate_Field
1989 studio album by Nine Inch Nails
Pretty Hate Machine is the debut studio album by the American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, released by TVT Records on October 20, 1989. Since
Pretty_Hate_Machine
Topics referred to by the same term
compulsively Washer method, a mathematical formula for finding volume Washer pitching, an outdoor game involving tossing discs at a target Arthur Washer (1855–1910)
Washer
2015 American film by Elizabeth Banks
in Pitch Perfect 2 Archived October 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, insidemovies.ew.com; accessed May 16, 2015. Rebecca Ford (July 8, 2014). "'Pitch Perfect
Pitch_Perfect_2
American softball player (1925–2007)
"Softball Pitching Star Eddie Feigner". Washington Post. Rockford Morning Star, summer 1957 Eskenazi, David (August 19, 2014). "Wayback Machine: Fast Eddie
Eddie_Feigner
Type of baseball pitch
Breaking Pitch", Popular Mechanics, April 1997. Accessed July 6, 2007. Liptak, M."Johnny Sain Remembered" Archived 2016-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, White
Slurve
American baseball pitcher (born 1988)
adjustment in Strasburg's pitching mechanics, as he moved his back foot to rest against rather than partially atop the pitching rubber when going into his
Stephen_Strasburg
College softball coach
equipment was stored in a men's room, and "our electrical source for a pitching machine was an extension cord thrown out the window of the carpentry shop."
Judi_Garman
2024 studio album by Jessica Pratt
Here in the Pitch is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt. It was released on May 3, 2024, through Mexican Summer and City
Here_in_the_Pitch
Type of sports training venue
infield, batting cages, drop down nets, portable pitchers mound, and pitching machines. An indoor track can be placed around a shortened football field,
Indoor_practice_facility
1000 Hz high pitch sound
A beep is a short, single tone, typically high-pitched, generally made by a computer or other machine. The term has its origin in onomatopoeia. The word
Beep_(sound)
Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. FC Barcelona.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016. "Barcelona: Football's Greatest" (2013). Pitch International LLP. "Objetivo
Ronaldinho
Line of toys launched 1987
Micro Machines had a well-known advertising campaign in the 1980s involving fast-talker John Moschitta Jr. The commercials featured pitches in his trademark
Micro_Machines
Son of Elizabeth II (born 1960)
the Wayback Machine, BBC News, 21 July 2011 "Duke of York must lose trade job, says Labour MP" Archived 7 April 2025 at the Wayback Machine, BBC News,
Andrew_Mountbatten-Windsor
Musical artist
Harold Cecil Pitch (9 May 1925 – 15 July 2015) was an English harmonica player who featured on many recordings and soundtracks between the 1950s and 2000s
Harry_Pitch
hit the team's first-ever grand slam. December 15 – Larry Ponza, 86, pitching machine innovator. December 16 – Ted Abernathy, 71, submarining relief pitcher
2004_in_baseball
2007 studio album by Panda Bear
Interview Archived March 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, The Milk Factory, April 2005 "Reviews for Person Pitch by Panda Bear". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 August
Person_Pitch
Analysis of baseball statistics
into evaluating players in every aspect of the game, including batting, pitching, baserunning, and fielding. A ballplayer's batting average (BA) (simply
Sabermetrics
Clock used in baseball to speed play
A pitch clock (also known as a pitch timer) is used in various baseball leagues to limit the amount of time a pitcher takes before throwing a pitch and/or
Pitch_clock
Type of musical instrument
slower the handle is turned, the lower the pitch and the softer the volume. The sound of the wind machine can also be controlled by the tightness of the
Wind_machine
Surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass
have an artificial pitch in England was Preston North End, who removed their pitch in 1994 after eight years in use. Artificial pitches were banned from
Artificial_turf
Spectators running onto a sports pitch
A pitch invasion, also known as field storming, rushing the field, rushing the court, or storming the court, occurs when a person or a crowd of people
Pitch_invasion
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English : variant spelling of Patchen.
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Den, making empty, watching.
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English : variant of Hitchens.
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English and Scottish : variant spelling of Kitchen.
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Compassionate; Pitying; Merciful
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den; making empty; watching
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catching fish; fishery (inhabitants)
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Showing Matching of Relationship
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English and Scottish : variant spelling of Kitchen.
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English : possibly from Middle English Old French personal name Pic (see Pike 6) + the diminutive suffix -in.
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Like; Equal; Matching
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Exciting
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Like. Equal. Matching.
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From the Brook; Place Name; The Stream; Bear; Brown
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A Roman priestess.
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n.
The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball.
n.
A pinching miser; a niggard.
n.
A portable punching machine.
adv.
In a pinching way.
n.
The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
a.
Done or made as with a pointed tool; as, a picking sound.
n.
A fork for pitching and tedding hay.
a.
Expressing pity; as, a pitying eye, glance, or word.
n.
A patching together; patchwork.
n.
A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action.
n.
Itching.
n.
A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
n.
latching.
a.
Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly; as, pinching cold; a pinching parsimony.
n.
Any itching eruption.
a.
Free from itching.
a.
Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.
v. t.
A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.
n.
A method of joining timbers, scantling, etc., by notching them, as at the ends, and overlapping or interlocking the notched portions.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pitch