Slider
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{{dablink|This article is about the baseball pitch. For other possible meanings see [[slider (disambiguation)]]. For the [[cricket]] delivery, see [[slider (cricket)]].}}
[[Image:Sliderillustration.png|thumb|150px|A common grip of a slider a pitcher uses]]
In [[baseball]], a '''slider''' is a [[pitch (baseball)|pitch]] halfway between a [[curveball]] and a [[fastball]]. When pitched, the slider breaks laterally and down, with more speed than a [[curve ball]] but less speed than a [[fastball]]. The break on the pitch is shorter than that of a curveball. The release technique of a slider is between a curveball and a fastball. The slider is similar to the [[cutter (baseball)|cutter]], a pitch which is thrown as a fastball, but differs in the sense that a slider tends to be more of a [[breaking ball]].
A notable slider is thrown by [[John Smoltz]] which comes in looking like a strike and then breaks out of the strike zone. <ref name="popmech">[http://www.popularmechanics.com/outdoors/sports/1283161.html?page=3 "The Mechanics Of A Breaking Pitch"], ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'', April 1997. Accessed July 6, 2007.</ref> [[Francisco Rodriguez]] throws a hard [[curveball]] that is often mistaken for a slider.
==History==
The innovator of the slider is debated, but some source [[Charles Albert Bender]] as the first to use the slider, then called a "nickel change" in the 1910s.<ref name="wismag">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/spring04.pdf "WISCONSIN Magazine of History"],''Wisconsin Historical Society Press'', Spring 2004 issue. Accessed July 8, 2007.</ref> Bender used his slider to help him achieve a [[no-hitter]] and win 212 games in his career.<ref>[http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/detail.jsp?playerId=110850 "National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: Hall of Famer detail"],''[[National Baseball Hall of Fame]]''. Accessed July 8, 2007.</ref> Bender was the first pitcher to win six [[World Series]] games.<ref name="wismag" />
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