fastball

[ US /ˈfæstˌbɔɫ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɑːstbɔːl/ ]
NOUN
  1. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
    he showed batters nothing but smoke
    he swung late on the fastball
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How To Use fastball In A Sentence

  • As soon as the Red Sox saw he had neither, they ignored his breaking balls and feasted on his fastballs en route to a 6-4 win on Tuesday night in the Bronx. Score Sheet
  • But the opener did turn a bit testy in the eighth inning when Grant Balfour hit J.D. Drew in the right shoulder with a high fastball, prompting a few Red Sox to holler from the bench. Dice-K masterful as Red Sox beat Rays in ALCS opener
  • Before last season, he had been one of the most durable players in the game, as well as one of the best fastball hitters.
  • We were just scratching the surface of this conundrum when Soriano grooved a 3–2 fastball over the center of the plate. In the Time of Bobby Cox
  • He has a blazing fastball and a dynamic slider, but he must overcome the tendency to overthrow and cut down on his pitch counts.
  • They are power pitchers with at least three of these components on their fastball.
  • Starting pitcher Andy Pettitte watched Hughes work from the dugout in the seventh inning and said the way Hughes' fastball was rising, it looked a little bit like Mariano Rivera's devastating cutter.
  • He offsets the fastball with a changeup, and uses a hard slider as an out pitch.
  • A tip for left-handed batters: Your first pitch is going to be a high fastball running away.
  • A fastballer throws with a wrist snap that adds significantly to the velocity. The Volokh Conspiracy » Product Liability Lawsuit Against Louisville Slugger, Because It’s Designed to Allow Hit Balls to Go Very Fast
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