fastball
Example Sentences
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Realmuto and another fastball, this time 100.1mph, to Kyle Schwarber.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
“He just didn’t have that great command of the fastball, which I think led to some deeper counts,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Nolan Ryan’s fastball, the power of ritual, musical daydreams and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
His fastball, Mr. Brown writes, “demanded a reaction in 400 milliseconds.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
If his first-pitch fastball is where I want it—low and over the outside corner of the plate—I’m swinging hard, making contact, and driving the ball.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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