fastball
Example Sentences
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The Athletic crunched the numbers and determined that no team in baseball has faced as dramatic an increase in fastball percentage, with the Dodgers seeing that frequency climb steadily since May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Tarik didn’t have his best stuff. You could see his fastball command wasn’t there. But he didn’t buckle.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Scott’s fastball velocity was down 1.5 mph under his season average, the second such dip in his last three outings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
We hear from Tarik Skubal, perhaps the best pitcher in the sport, who used biomechanical analysis to reach 100 miles an hour on his fastball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lucky for me, the words fly toward me like a fastball in baseball.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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