fastball
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In Game 2 of the ALCS, Peralta threw a fastball at 99.4 mph, the hardest pitch of his career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
He fouled off Snell’s fastball, changeup, curveball and slider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The average fastball in this postseason: 96.2 mph, according to analyst Mike Petriello’s close-up of all the different ways Ohtani’s swing is fouled up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
“I locked in and sat on a fastball, which came and promptly went over the center field wall,” Mr. Winfield says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Walter Johnson, maybe with the best fastball in the game, could drive a nail in a fence post from sixty feet.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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