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I was watching the movie [Mr. Baseball](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104926/)
the other day. Several times during the movie they talk about `しゅうと` which
they describe as "the great equalizer". (Could possibly be `しゅうとう`, but their
dialog does not sound like they're elongating the last syllable).

I've tried very unsuccessfully in finding this word in any of my multiple
dictionaries. Is this a common, known Japanese word? Is it some kind of
`野球用語`? Is it just `外来語` of "shoot", or some word from another language? If
it's Japanese, does it have associated kanji?
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words meaning loanwords sports
しゅうと／シュート - The great equalizer
シュート is a baseball term. It seems to me like different people have different
terms for this pitch (although I'm no baseball expert).

According to the [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuuto)
(which references Mr. Baseball, incidentally) and its talk page, it's a
"shuuto" or "shootball" in English, but some people may recognize and describe
it as a "sinker" or "reverse slider".
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