fastball
Example Sentences
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Skubal came back inside with a fastball that Baldwin fouled off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
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
He gave up a pair of singles, but his fastball had a little extra life in the short stint, averaging 98.7 mph and topping out at 101.7.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
He’d already fouled off three sinkers in the at-bat and was rewarded with a four-seam fastball on the inner third of the plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
I had been catching long enough to judge a fastball just by the sound.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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