fastball
Example Sentences
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For the next four pitches, he alternated between his four-seam fastball and off-speed pitches — first his changeup and then curveball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But just in case he doesn’t, the Dodgers bought themselves the best possible insurance policy in the form of a 240-pound lefty with a powerful fastball and devastating changeup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Yamamoto went with a first-pitch fastball up and in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
He was a prodigy armed with a 100 mph fastball, a ferocious slider and a devastating splitter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
I was thirteen and didn’t know a foul ball from a fastball, but the Tigers were in town and the moment I heard they had a Jewish slugger called Hank Greenberg, I was hooked.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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