单词 | fireballer |
释义 | fireballern. Baseball. A pitcher with a very fast delivery. Cf. fireball n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > pitcher pitcher1845 relief pitcher1884 southpaw1887 side-wheeler1890 moundsman1906 pretzel bender1908 starter1911 sidewinder1913 low-ball pitcher1915 fastballer1924 route-goer1924 reliever1925 hurler1926 fireballer1928 spitballer1928 screwballer1929 stopper1948 closer1980 middleman1985 1928 Anniston (Alabama) Star 13 Dec. 6/3 What wouldn't Joe McCarthy's Cubs do next summer if they could send the big fire-baller out there every four or five days? 1945 Medicine Hat (Alberta) News 12 Jan. 7/5 The left-handed fireballer for the world famous St. Louis Cardinals—Max Lanier—has been accepted for service in the American Army. 1980 Boston Globe 1 May 57/3 I was just a fireballer until last spring when the late Freddie Martin who taught Sutter the split-fingered fastball..taught me the change. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Apr. d3/4 To Yankees fans who are looking for the old Randy Johnson, the National League fireballer who reduced batters to sawdust, the comments may be a little disconcerting. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928 |
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