Spitball n., an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before it is thrown.Dead ballera n., a time period during baseball, usually regarded as 1900-1919, when the game used a "dead" or almost soft ball during play. Usually, the same ball was used for the entire game.In 1911, when Bradley Hogg began his major-league pitching career for the National League's Boston Rustlers, baseball was a different game. Hogg played during a time known as the dead ball era, when a pitcher could...
Spitball n., an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before it is thro...