The not-terribly-secret weapon in Ginny Baker’s arsenal on Pitch is her screwball. It doesn’t have to be a secret because it’s effective, it’s uncommon, and it’s pretty damn hard to hit ...

Among other things, Santiago throws a screwball, a once-popular pitch now largely scrapped due in part to a league-wide emphasis on keeping pitchers healthy. Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson ...

The pitch in question was a screwball, once known as a “reverse curveball,” a pitch that Fernando Valenzuela made famous in 1981, when the Dodgers left-hander went 13-7 with a 2.48 ERA and ...

There's a running gag that the screwball "screws" up your elbow. But these are virtual athletes, and they can throw as many as we need them to. This was a favorite pitch of Fernando Valenzuela ...