fastball
Example Sentences
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His fastball sat around 90 mph, far from the triple digits he would reach with the Yankees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The Dodgers’ left-hander had been unhittable all inning, and the 100-mph fastball he reached back for to end the fourth was no exception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Skubal missed down the middle with a fastball, and Bericoto sent it 425 feet to center field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Jeff Duda, Tugboat’s longtime coach at the Okotoks Dawgs Academy in Alberta, said his fastball feels more like 94.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The baseball team was in the middle of a winning streak where he’d pitched two no hitters and his fastball was coming in consistently at eighty-nine mph.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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