Nintendo pitch

Nintendo pitch
 n.β€” Β«Fiore relieved some of the Dome’s congestion by surrendering a three-run homer to Wells in the seventh. It came off Fiore’s palm ball. “That’s like a Nintendo pitch,” Wells said. “He lets it go, and it just stops.”Β» β€”β€œFull house sees team miles off its game” by Patrick Reusse Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minn.) Apr. 5, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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