afterburn

A slower pitch might veer or sink, ala Greg Maddux or Derek Lowe, and there is likely a magic speed where this takes place (85-plus mph), while a pitcher like Nolan Ryan's fastball would explode with great "afterburn".

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This afterburn phenomenon isn't anything new -- it's been known for years.

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The afterburn of the Penkovsky business is something that could be a real threat to your family, and to mine.

Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

Of those three, Hillary Clinton has been the most gracious loser -- the other two weren't very gracious, at all, and the afterburn of those battles turned out to be disastrous for their parties.

About Last Night…and Tonight - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

Clouds of this stuff were floating around in the dim afterburn of the Big Bang.

Archive 2009-09-01 Yvonne Rathbone 2009

It had a biting odor to it, then in the throat a kind of subtle sweetness, not overpowering, with a hint of fruit, but it left an afterburn as it went down, suggesting the presence of fire under the sweetness.

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Right or Left, Lib or Con, the tenure of President Obama is starting to smack of the cosmic letdown, something akin to the post-Thanksgiving afterburn.

Steven Weber: The Business 2009

It had a biting odor to it, then in the throat a kind of subtle sweetness, not overpowering, with a hint of fruit, but it left an afterburn as it went down, suggesting the presence of fire under the sweetness.

A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

The dry afterburn of the whiskey rose up through my chest and nose like mentholatum vapor.

Bootstraps 2009

Clouds of this stuff were floating around in the dim afterburn of the Big Bang.

How To Form Gold Out Of Baser Metals Yvonne Rathbone 2009