"I was able to throw my sinker with precision, " Kuroda said through an interpreter.
His sinker allows him to handle right-handed batters as well as lefties, making him an asset.
He's pretty special when you could throw cutter, sinker, four-seam, hook, changeup, and on both sides of the plate.
Reliever Hugh Casey delivers a sinker (some say illegal spitball) to Yankee batter Tommy Henrich, who swings and misses for strike three.
Cleveland's Justin Masterson, who throws either a sinker or a slider 99.7% of the time, tops the list, a feat he also managed last season.
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At first he had trouble commanding his sinker and slider Tuesday night, but pitching coach Larry Rothschild recommended he work exclusively out of the stretch.
"So far, he's been real good at pitching down and his sinker is even better than I thought it was, " Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.
"I thought his sinker was excellent, " Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Wei-Yin Chen pitched nearly as well, but the Orioles' batters couldn't do much against Kuroda and his heavy, biting sinker on a cold and breezy night in the Bronx.
The guide sets the rigs: a squid-mimicking "hoochie" lure, a studded 10-pound sinker on a quick-release clip, and a trailing "flasher"--a laminated card, gaudily reflective, like something that snags your eye at a used-car lot.
With the Washington Nationals trying to build a rally in the eighth inning, Werth swung at a 3-0 sinker and grounded into a costly double play that helped the New York Mets hang on for a 2-0 victory Sunday.
Myerson is a bit of celebrity in fishing circles as the owner of the all-tackle world record for striped bass, an 81.88-pound giant he caught off the coast of Connecticut in 2011, using his trademark rattle sinker attached to a live eel.
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