Hook, Line and Sinker (TV program) Hook, Line and Sinker (TV program) Hook, Line and Sinker is an Australian fishing television program, produced by "HLS Productions" in Hobart, Tasmania and is hosted by Nick Duigan and Andrew Hart. The program premiered in 2001 and is broadcast nationally on the Southern Cross Television network. The show is aired on Saturday afternoons and runs for 30 minutes. The show features some light entertainment and comical behaviour from the hosts as well as serious fishing news and stories from around Australia. The University of Tasmania presents a regular segment on the show called The Deep End. The segment features
Sinker (baseball) regarded either ability as a "gift from heaven." Bill James cites Curt Simmons as the first pitcher to be able to throw both sinkers and rising fastballs, apparently indicating that it was not known how to make a pitch sink and how to make one hop. Zach Britton, Marcus Stroman, Charlie Morton, Dallas Keuchel, Jake Arrieta, Jim Johnson, Rick Porcello, Kendall Graveman, Sonny Gray, Jeurys Familia, Tanner Roark, and Mike Leake are current major league players who rely heavily on the sinker. One method of throwing the sinker is to simply grip the baseball along the two seams and throw