A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher
The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.
A pitcher that appears to the batter as a fastball until it reaches the plate, then breaks sharply on a level plane The ball is held similarly to the curveball, but the wrist is kept straight, like a fastball, and broken downward
A long rail made of metal, PVC, or wood used as an object to slide by a wakeboarder or wakeskater
A piece of teflon or similar material attached to a curling shoe that allows the player to slide along the ice
One of the graphical components of a ScrollBar or Scale The slider is the object that is dragged along the scroll area to cause a change
One who, or that which, slides; especially, a sliding part of an instrument or machine
This is a long wooden slat which has holes in it that correspond to a rows of holes in the top of the wind chest It is used in a slider wind chest (see the next term)
A piece of plastic, Teflon, or steel that is worn on the left foot, for a right-hander, to allow a long, smooth follow-through
{i} person or thing that slides; curving fastball (Baseball); freshwater turtle; (Computers) mark which may be moved on a sliding scale in order to set the value of a variable (in a graphical user interface)
A pitch thrown with less velocity than a fastball but more than a curve, and breaks sharply when it reaches the batter Hitters often recognize a slider by its appearance as it comes toward the plate-it looks like a red dot from the seams spinning so tightly
Horizontal bar mounted on the bell cage directly beneath a bell so as to pivot slightly It serves as a stopper when a stay contacts it upon a bell's reaching an inverted position Only bells used in English change ringing have need for this device because of the full circle of stroke (See Stay )
A coin which is just this side of uncirculated with only very slight traces of wear - (AU58)