A pitch aimed close to the body so that the batter must step back to avoid it.
Example sentencesExamples
- I think the players should be allowed to take care of the brushback pitch instead of the umpires.
- The armor has removed much of the fear factor that made the brushback pitch an effective weapon.
- In baseball, players used to legislate brushback pitches and there was a code of conduct.
- One of Adcock's more memorable eruptions after a brushback pitch was to chase a terrified pitcher Ruben Gomez of the San Francisco Giants off the field.
- The Yanks reacted with brushbacks or unhittable slop.