'Home' of baseball's slider pitch honours its history

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Ridgetown, Ont., lays claim to the slider and is honouring that history with a sculpture. A slider is a type of pitch used by baseball pitchers to try and fool the batter by putting a tight spin on a fastball. CBC's Mike Evans took a spin out to the town to see the sculpture and hear some of the history.

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