Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pitch thrown at the pitcher's maximum speed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Baseball) a baseball thrown with maximum velocity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun baseball Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball
- noun baseball A
four-seam fastball , which is a backspinpitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
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Examples
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If he can properly locate it, his fastball is a good pitch against the Sox.
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At this level, a fastball is a home run, basically.
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Columbus about a week ahead of Beech, says the fastball is there and the breaking pitches are improving rapidly.
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The term "fastball" is used loosely: His "heater" topped out at 88, according to the San Jose
USATODAY.com 2002
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His mid-90s fastball is useful primarily in that it sets up his off-speed pitches.
For CC, Weight Is Just a Number Brian Costa 2010
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So pitchers on steroids throw harder meaning batters can hit the ball farther, but that fastball is more difficult to hit.
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My fastball is back to what it was (clocking 96 mph).
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My fastball is back to what it was (clocking 96 mph).
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"(Carpenter's) fastball is a valuable pitch to him, but he doesn't have to have it to win," Duncan said.
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"(Carpenter's) fastball is a valuable pitch to him, but he doesn't have to have it to win," Duncan said.
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