CHANGEUP Definition & Meaning

changeup

Or change-up

[cheynj-uhp]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Baseball.

a pitch that follows one or more fastballs, delivered with the same motion as for a fastball but with less speed, intentionally disrupting the batter’s timing.
He knows how to use his changeup to keep hitters off balance.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of changeup¹

First recorded in 1940–45

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UC Irvine took a 7-2 lead in the sixth when Call launched a changeup over the heart of the plate from Sun Devils closer Cole Carlon beyond the left-field wall.

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“We’ve bonded more since last year and I’ve worked on my changeup,” said Moorman, who signed with Lehigh University in Pennsylvania in November.

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“It was a changeup away, and I was able to stay through it and hit a line drive up the middle,” Freeman recalled.

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In his first at-bat, Conforto hit a changeup on the screws, rocketing a 101 mph fly ball to deep center.

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With an easy swing on a knee-high changeup in the sixth inning Friday night, Edman ended what had been a pitcher’s duel between Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Chicago Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd.

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