(బేస్బాల్,

fastball's Usage Examples:

differs from the split-fingered fastball, however, in that the ball is jammed deeper between the first two fingers.

Padre"s farm system, he was soon well known for his impressive 100 mph fastballs at the young age of 21.

He possessed a hard fastball (clocked in the low-to-mid 90s) and complemented it with a baffling circle changeup, both thrown from the three-quarters position.

He was one of the leading fastball pitchers of the 1990s in Japan, with the highest pitch speed in Japanese baseball at 158 km/h.

151 km/h (94 mph) fastball but has control problems and were unable to muster up decent breaking balls.

called a rising fastball, a four-seamer, or a cross-seam fastball, is a pitch in baseball.

produce more ground balls, while pitchers who rely on fastballs, sliders, and split-fingered fastballs tend to produce more fly balls.

I guess it is a kind of shuuto-like cut fastball.

1992By 1992 spring training, Worrell appeared to have recovered; manager Joe Torre said his fastball and slider were back to their normal speeds.

The Atlanta faithful, although frustrated with Wohlers' seemingly constant fastballs to the backstop or behind batters, rallied behind the embattled pitcher and would fervently cheer him on whenever he was in the game.

The changeup is the staple off-speed pitch, usually thrown to look like a fastball but.

At the major collegiate level and higher, two-seam fastballs are typically thrown in the low 90s (MPH), but with much variation.

On June 18, Hardy was struck on the wrist by a 94"nbsp;mph fastball from Cardinals pitcher Lance Lynn.

Synonyms:

bullet, slider, heater, delivery, pitch, smoke, hummer,

Antonyms:

death, low, high pitch, high, low pitch,