fastball

Every batter, it's a fastball for a strike or pop-up, then a change-up for a ground out.

The key is to get ahead with a first-pitch fastball for a strike.'

Once again he could throw his fastball for strikes with impunity--for six or seven innings at least.

"I did all the work to get my fastball back, to rehabilitate my shoulder," he says.

Zachary wound up, eyed the runner, then uncorked a sizzling fastball.