Nothing but an out-curve and a straight ball,” answered Tom apologetically.
Finally, when he can also control the curve, he should try to alternate it with a straight ball.
Almost all professional pitchers now use the overhand delivery and pitch only a fast, straight ball and a curve.
Let him practice with some method, pitching nothing but a straight ball, and trying to put it directly over the plate every time.
That was speedily decided, for he couldn’t resist a slow drop that had every appearance of a straight ball, and turned disgustedly away to toss his bat into the pile.
Then Nelson gave him a slow, straight ball, and the batter was caught for a strike.
Twice he threw high to tease the batter, and then with all the vigor he had left, he snapped over a straight ball, close to the knees.
But it was noticed that he used very little but a straight ball, his effectiveness being due to a continual change of pace which baffled the Princeton batters.
Twice he let the ball pass on strikes, and then the Harvard man pitched one to his liking--a swift, straight ball at about the shoulder.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "straight ball" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
