[DOC] [TLE] Christy Mathewson - Wikipedia [PAR] Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (August 12, 1880  October 7, 1925), 
nicknamed "Big Six", ... In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the Baseball Hall of 
Fame, as one of its first ... and, especially, a new pitch he termed the "fadeaway" (
later known in baseball as ... He was immediately named as the Reds' player-
manager. [DOC] [TLE] Mathewson, Christy | Baseball Hall of Fame [PAR] Christy Mathewson changed the way people perceived baseball players by his ... 
Using his famous fadeaway pitch  what today would be called a screwball ... 
posted at least 30 wins a season from 1903-05 and led the National League in... [DOC] [TLE] Christy Mathewson | Society for American Baseball Research [PAR] Christy continued pitching for semipro teams in the area while attending 
Keystone Academy, ... when a left-handed teammate named Dave Williams, who 
later pitched three games for the Boston Americans in 1902, taught him the 
fadeaway. ... team, but football was his chief claim to fame at Bucknell, which 
played a rugged... [DOC] [TLE] Batter Chatter: September 2010 [PAR] Sep 1, 2010 ... Someone found a reference to Comiskey being called "The Yard. ... greatest yard 
salesmen in MLB history -- Moyer and Hall of Famer Robin Roberts. ..... As a kid, 
Shucks had idolized Christy Mathewson, the master of the fadeaway. ... or the 
latest Farrelly brothers movie (a "screwball" comedy!) than a pitch. [DOC] [TLE] Baseball | The Pecan Park Eagle | Page 9 [PAR] January 30, 2011 ... Scott Barzilla of SABR spoke briefly about his new book, 
The Hall of Fame Index, and .... the fadeaway, or screwball, pitch to a young 
hurler named Christy Mathewson. ..... Sidekicks have always been the glue that 
made movie western, mystery, and comedy heros stick in the minds of film-
watchers. [DOC] [TLE] Tom Seaver  Baseball Nerd [PAR] (C) National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ... I literally thought Why is 
there a picture of Tom Seaver pitching in the 1911 World Series? ... This is what 
the Mathewson photo looked like  exactly as movie-goers would have ... in 
baseball cards (he presented Letterman with a one-of-a-kind card in the style of 
the 2011... [DOC] [TLE] Ron Schuler's Parlour Tricks: May 2006 [PAR] May 31, 2006 ... Film director Howard Hawks was born on this day in 1896 in Goshen, Indiana. ... 
and his foray into the "screwball comedy" genre beginning in the 1930s (typified 
by .... However, Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson was guilty of careless 
conflation when, in his book Pitching in a Pinch (1912), he accuses the... [DOC] [TLE] Highlights From The Black Swamp Find of 1910 E98 Baseball Cards ... [PAR] Names such as Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Cy Young and Christy Mathewson. ... 
pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, practices his pitch, late 1930s or early 1940s. ... his 
movie career as Spanky McFarland's sidekick in the Our Gang Comedies, ..... Jay 
Hanna "Dizzy" Dean - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player, Broadcaster. [DOC] [TLE] June | 2011 | The Pop History Dig [PAR] Jun 29, 2011 ... A new ball player for the Dodgers named Jackie Robinson was .... In 1952, 
Reese led the National League in stolen bases with 30, and ... Reese was 
inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984. ...... Close-up artist's rendition of baseball 
great, Christy Mathewson, ... He had more on the ball than a 'fade away' [DOC] [TLE] here - Ideals [PAR] CHAPTER 3  Matty Does a Play: Christy Mathewsons Baseball Persona ..... 
The status of a ballplayer as celebrity allowed for other types of identification to 
..... only use Hall of Fame players is based in part on the selection criteria. .... 
Donlin, Movie Actor: Roll em! ...... came from his use of a pitch he called the 
fadeaway. [DOC] [TLE] Kinsella, W. P. - Dictionary definition of Kinsella, W.

Question: This pitch, which Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson called the fadeaway, is a type of '30s movie comedy
Answer: Screwball