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Hi everyone, I have a quick question, what does SC, SCB, SIFB and V-SLD stand for? The pitches of course.

Screwball, Slow Curveball, Sinking Fastball, and Vertical Slider, respectively.

Thanks man, I was just wondering cause I wanted one of my players to learn a screwball and had no idea which one it was, the other two were out of curiosity.

The SCB is one of the best pitches in the game, IMO.

Yeah, definitely up there with the forkball, palmball, two seamer and the splitter.

The V-SLD is also a great pitch - it's one of two pitches I can't seem to hit (the other being the 4SFB, as odd as that seems).

I disagree with the forkball being a top pitch. I can't figure out how to use it!

I like the screwball. It's like a sinker, but more drop and less sideways motion. Because of that, I find it more effective than a sinker at lvl 2-3 and equally effective at 4.

The hard-sinker outshines both of those once you get to level 4, IMO.

Also, I've got some pitches with foshes now. Like a forkball, but smoother. Anyway, I still don't think it's very effective, just like the forkball is not effective, but I like it better than the forkball.

I think that for pitches in the "down" category, here's how I rank them, based on effectiveness at lvl 1-3:

Palmball
Change-circle change (tie)
Splitter
Knuckle
Verticle slider
Fosh
Fork

As for the pitches I got to lvl 4, here's my ranking:

Knuckle
Splitter
Change
Vert slider
Fork

Unfortunately, the CPU doesn't have as much trouble with it as you!

I've found that it does, although I've had the CPU on a lower level recently due to having not played the game much in the past year or so.

I like the forkball because it seems to have more movement than a lot of other downwards breaking balls at level one, even a red condition palmball at level one vs. a yellow condition fork at level one, I say the fork has more break, I don't use it like jack Morris though, just get it in the plate somehow and mix it with a slider.

I've never been able to use the Knuckleball effectively. It always gets hit. It does really well in simulations, but I can never use it. They always know when it's coming, or something.

I play on Powerful.