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[[Image:Cut Fastball.gif|thumb|200px|An animated diagram of a cutter]]
In [[baseball]], a '''cut fastball''' or '''cutter''' is a type of [[fastball]] that breaks toward the [[pitcher]]'s glove-hand side, as it reaches [[home plate]].<ref name=ThisIsGameChanger>{{cite web|first=Albert|last=Chen|title=This Is The Game Changer|date=June 13, 2011|work=[[Sports Illustrated]]|url=https://www.si.com/vault/2011/06/13/106077823/this-is-the-game-changer|accessdate=2015-08-01}}</ref> This pitch is somewhere between a [[Slider (baseball)|slider]] and a [[four-seam fastball]], as it is usually thrown faster than a slider but with more
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