Notability

Is this actually notable? I've never heard the term before, was unable to find it in any of my baseball books, and "yellow hammer" + curveball produced fewer than 300 hits on Google. Is this a Japanese term?Alternator

It's an old-fashioned baseball term, but it is used with regularity during baseball broadcasts, especially those featuring older former players. In general, the term only applies to exceptional curveballs with snapping twelve-to-six break (think Doc Gooden), so that further reduces its frequency of use. The declining use of the term coincides with the declining use of the curveball in MLB. Almost every pitcher used to throw a curve, but the pitch has been superseded by the slider as the primary breaking ball used by pitchers. Splitters, cutters, and hybrid slider-curves (slurves) are fairly new pitches that have combined with the conventional slider to reduce the use of true curves (and, by extension, yellow hammer curves).

The article was improved quite a bit, especially the change from just calling it "a curveball" to explaining that it is a certain type of curveball. Wish I could do something helpful, but whoever made the addition--nice work.Alternator 06:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not very notable. To the extent that it is used in practice, it belongs in the List of baseball jargon, where in fact it's already included. It doesn't need to be a separate article. Little more than a definition is needed.--Mack2 (talk) 23:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've listened to hundreds of games on the radio and watched hundreds more on TV. Never once have I heard a broadcaster call a twelve-to-six curve a "Yellow Hammer."

I strongly believe that this is notable. I used to pitch and I knew what the term meant but did not know the origin. If you need to hear it used you can listen to Hawk Harrelson's description of White Sox pitcher Bobbie Jenks in the 9th inning of any game including 7/20/09. Db2121 (talk) 03:53, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hawk Harrelson is reviled by everyone but White Sox fans. Just because he calls a sharp-breaking curve a "yellow hammer" doesn't legitimate the term, let alone make it notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.117.7.237 (talk) 08:09, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirection

Is automated redirection appropriate? Don't forget the yellow hammer is also a bird. Better to make a disambiguation page, don't you think? Voronda 23 May 2010. —Preceding undated comment added 06:58, 23 May 2010 (UTC).[reply]