Meatball
What does meatball mean?
Easy pitch to hit
Example
"I love Jeter and everything but way too many pitchers were throwing him meatballs in the final games of his career."
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✓ Sports Terms (Baseball)
Last Updated: October 15, 2014
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A term for an easy pitch to hit; often thrown down the middle of the strike zone because the pitcher is tired or needs to throw a strike; sometimes appears as "meatball served on a plate" to refer to the pitcher throwing an easy-to-hit pitch down the middle of home plate.