fastball
Example Sentences
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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
He toyed around with sliders and curveballs and change-ups and even a splitter in the hopes of finding an off-speed option to complement his ever-improving fastball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
He came to the Dodgers in a trade from the Chicago White Sox in December 1971 with an 84-91 record, a good curveball and a less than intimidating fastball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
His location has been spotty — or right down the middle, and as he showed and told Thursday: “I was throwing my fastball right in the middle. When you miss in the middle, you pay.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I know Thunder Pitcher’s starting me off with a fastball.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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