Forkball pitchers are a rare breed, perhaps even rarer than the elusive knuckleballer. The forkball is a pitch that isn’t used much anymore in the major leagues, though its cousin, the split-finger ...
You've read this before. It wasn't even that long ago. Three weeks ago, BP's own Dan Rozenson wrote about Tyler Clippard and his "split-finger fastball." The quotation marks are because you could ...
When considering a name for the pitch he rescued from extinction, Los Angeles Angels reliever Robert Coello at first settled on its historic label: a forkball, jammed deep between his index and middle ...
Texas Rangers pitcher Dane Dunning delivers during the first inning of a spring training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Smiley N. Pool / Staff ...