What is a “cutter” anyway?

I was listening to Norm Hitzges on sports radio 1310 out of Dallas this morning (old habits from seminary days die hard, I guess.) They were talking about Neftali Feliz throwing a “cutter.” I knew it was kind of like a slider, but not totally sure. “Cutter” is short for “cut fastball.” I did a Google search and found this amazing video from the NY Times. Fascinating indeed!

It’s that wonderful time of the year when we dust off the baseball equipment and shag fly balls and take infield practice! Plus, you get the Masters and March Madness to boot!!