"back door slider" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-back door slider.wav Forms: back door sliders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back door slider (plural back door sliders)
  1. (US, baseball) A baseball pitch that begins by entering outside the plate, but then breaks back in towards the plate at the last minute. Tags: US

Inflected forms

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