fastball

Example Sentences

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Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers has a fastball that averages 99.9 mph and has topped out at 103.6.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Woodruff has thrown a 100 mph fastball exactly once in his career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Then he threw a fastball down and in to Marte, who managed to get the barrel of his bat to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Technological limitations make it impossible to ascertain precisely where Misiorowski ranks in the pantheon of baseball’s great fastball artists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

She catches it no problem and zips me a hard fastball.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko