fastball

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The team there had a pitcher whose fastball was reaching 95 miles per hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

That’s what happens when you have a fastball that reaches 100 miles per hour, a disappearing splitter and an array of breaking balls with inconceivable movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Pro scouts were out en masse to see Orange Lutheran pitcher Cooper Sides, whose fastball touched 95 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Tampa Bay’s Nick Fortes fouled a 100-mph fastball from Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski straight back.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Walter Johnson, maybe with the best fastball in the game, could drive a nail in a fence post from sixty feet.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson