FASTBALL
Fastball
The fastball is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball. Some "power pitchers," such as Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens have thrown fastballs at speeds of 95–106 mph and up to 108.1 mph, relying purely on speed to prevent the ball from being hit. Others throw more slowly but put movement on the ball or throw it on the outside of the plate where the batter cannot easily reach it. The appearance of a faster pitch to the batter can sometimes be achieved by minimizing the batter's vision of the ball before its release. The result is known as an "exploding fastball": a pitch that seems to arrive at the plate quickly despite its low ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Fastball
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fastball
Noun
- Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball
- A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch 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
- The pitcher had a blazing fastball.
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