1) Portmanteau in pitching 
The slurve is a baseball pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if it were a curve ball. The term is a portmanteau of the words `slider` and `curve`. ==History== The first pitcher to use the slurve pitch is unknown. Johnny Sain of the Boston Braves was known to throw a slurve in the 1940s. On May 6, 1998 Kerry Wood of the Chicago Cubs u...
A baseball pitch that is thrown as a curveball but with the velocity of a slider.
Refers to a cross between a curveball and a slider.
A pitch that is a cross between a slider and a curveball.