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(baseball) a pitch which has neither much speed nor much spin / (sports, Britain) a ball which presents little attacking threat

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nothing ball

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nothing ball

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Britain

Japanese Meaning

（野球）あまり速さがなく、かつ回転も少ない投球。攻撃に結びつきにくい球のこと / （スポーツ，全英）攻撃の脅威がほとんどないボール

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He called it a nothing ball when it drifted lazily across the plate and the batter swung through.

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その球がプレートの上をのんびりと流れ、打者が空振りしたとき、彼はそれを速度も回転もほとんどない遅い球と呼んだ。

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(baseball) a pitch which has neither much speed nor much spin

If he cannot throw a fast ball, he may be able to get by on a nothing ball (a term coined for Wes Ferrell's looping delivery, which, though it doesn't curve, is hard to hit).

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(sports, Britain) a ball which presents little attacking threat

I was very disappointed (with the first goal) because it was a nothing ball over the top, Brian Jensen was way out of position and should have been sweeping that up.

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nothing balls

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