eephus

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard. no-plural
    — Sewell was determined to live or die by the eephus.

词形变化

eephus pitch alternative ephus alternative

词源

The naming of the pitch is generally credited to Maurice Van Robays in 1942, who said "it's a nothin' pitch, and eephus ain't nothing'". However, it is not clear what the source for the name is; possibly Hebrew אפס (“nothing, zero”).
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