junk pitch

[ juhngk-pich ]

nounBaseball.
  1. a pitch with such a slow speed that the batter must compensate with exceptional bat speed: He knew the strike zone better than any other hitter, and he was never fooled by a junk pitch.

Origin of junk pitch

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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