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Intermediate Activities: Curve Ball

1.	Before Candy Cummings became a pitcher for the Brooklyn Excelsiors, he pitched clam shells on the beach near his home. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

2.	Candy Cummings is in the Baseball Hall Of Fame as the inventor of the curve ball. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

3.	A curve ball is hard to hit. The ball travels 60 feet and can drop as much as ______ feet. (Check the correct answer.)
	1 2 3

4.	People found it hard to believe that the ball really curved, so in ______ the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that the ball really did curve. (Check the correct answer.)
	1792 1892 1982

5.	The curve can not be explained. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

6.	Pitchers have developed several different curves over the years. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

7.	A Roundhouse curves up and to the inside of a left handed batter. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

8.	A Screwball curves toward the batter. (Check the correct answer.)
	True False

9.	A ball that slides to the right or left, but doesn't drop, is a _________. (Check the correct answer.)
	Roundhouse Sinker Slider

10.	No spin, low speed. This is known as a ___________. (Check the correct answer.)
	Knuckleball Slider Roundhouse

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