from the stretch

from the stretch

In baseball, pitching without a wind-up. As a pitcher can more quickly throw the ball without winding up first, this is typically done when there are one or more baserunners who could steal a base. I'm not worried if their first batter gets on—this pitcher is great from the stretch.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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  • make do
  • with (one's) bare hands
  • with your bare hands
  • bare hands, with one's
  • leave (one) to (one's) own devices
  • leave one to own devices
  • leave somebody to their own devices
  • leave someone to their own devices
  • leave to own devices
  • leave to someone's own devices