Fastballs

Word FASTBALLS
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Definitions and meanings of "Fastballs"

What do we mean by fastballs?

Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball

A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

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The word "fastballs" in example sentences

Crisp has difficulty catching up with hard fastballs from the right side and prefers to take his chances on the offspeed stuff. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He talked to me about turning on certain fastballs in certain counts. ❋ Unknown (2005)

"Also, it scared me when I called fastballs inside to lefties because I got lefties in my head." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Would he call fastballs down the middle on 3-2 counts? ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We're asking him to throw more fastballs, which is going to get him hit a little bit," Riggleman said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"It also scared me every time I called fastballs inside to lefties because I had it in my head [that they'd tip it back]. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His problem was that he starting throwing too many cut fastballs and not enough plain fastballs. ❋ Unknown (1997)

But the big thing I've noticed since I came up is the command of the fastballs is a little better. ❋ ROBERT MacLEOD (2011)

Boston notes three of Pedroia's hits came on fastballs, which isn't a huge shock given how he destroys such stuff. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In pitcher's counts, both groups of pitchers threw roughly the same amount of fastballs, which is also what happened with different calibers of hitters as well. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Knuckleballers, of course, last the longest, but I remember reading a study a while back that showed fastball pitchers tended to last a little longer (or, rather, that pitchers who lasted long tended to throw fastballs, which is close but not necessarily the same thing). ❋ Unknown (2009)

That helps explain the first two players, Chris Carpenter and Dan Haren, who both throw had but also have great command of their fastballs, which is what makes them so effective. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of his first 33 pitches, seven weren't identified as fastballs (and then he threw two changes). ❋ Unknown (2008)

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