Keep and Pitches

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Pitches is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

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Keep is an antonym for pitches in throw topic.

While pitchers once pitched entire games, most teams will now keep pitch counts, and try to replace a starter at around 100 pitches or if he becomes ineffective before that.

Source: Useful Notes / Baseball
Jim Bouton wrote in Ball Four of his teammate Mike Marshall's belief that the most effective way to keep a hitter from dialing in was to throw pitches in a completely random non-pattern irrespective of the count.

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