Look up spitball in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A spitball is a now-illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application...

overuse. Ball scuffing and adulteration by pitchers, particularly the spitball, were allowed, putting hitters at a disadvantage. The era ended very suddenly;...

Spitball: The Baseball Literary Magazine is a quarterly literary magazine dedicated to baseball literature. Founded by Mike Shannon and W. J. Harrison...

altering the ball in any way is doctoring. The emery ball differs from the spitball, in which the ball is doctored by applying saliva or Vaseline. Vaseline...

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learned to throw a spitball, an illegal pitch using various substances such as saliva and Vaseline. Despite admitting to throwing a spitball, Perry was ejected...

theatrical release) Then Came Bronson William P. Lovering Episode: "The Spitball Kid" 1970 Storefront Lawyers Jerry Patman Episode: "This is Jerry, See...

seen since. The 1968 season saw the following rule changes regarding the spitball and moistened balls: While on the pitcher's mound, the pitcher is banned...

ball. Also, pitchers could manipulate the ball through the use of the spitball (In 1921, use of this pitch was restricted to a few pitchers with a grandfather...

size, shape and composition, along with a new rule officially banning the spitball and other pitches that depended on the ball being treated or roughed-up...