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Meanings of fastball in English

(Baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity.

Usage of fastball in English
1
Who needs a fastball when your receivers can get this wide open?
The Guardian
2
Bryant swung at a first-pitch fastball and grimaced, favoring his right side.
Chicago sun times
3
My chest felt like I'd taken a major-league fastball in the sternum.
Mob rules
4
Bryant pulled an inside fastball for his 18th homer of the season.
Reuters
5
His fastball cracks the upper-90s and his slider's only a slightly slower.
NY Magazine
6
It sounded like Jim Rice connecting solidly with a high, hard fastball.
The stand
7
He threw a 95-mph fastball that caught too much of the plate.
The Yankee Years
8
A fastball crosses the plate at about 85 miles per hour.
The new yorker
9
Because a well placed fastball is the gold standard for striking out batters.
Wired
10
The fastball is the best pitch in the game of baseball.
Wired
11
The last thing he was looking for was a fastball anywhere in there.
The Yankee Years
12
And as the popularity of the fastball has increased, so has the surgery.
Wired
13
Timo Perez, the first batter, struck out on a 97-mph fastball.
The Yankee Years
14
Baseball fans have long been thrilled by the pure speed of the fastball.
Wired
15
Or his first pitch might be a hundred-mile-per-hour fastball aimed at Derrick's ear.
Storm Front
16
It went like a Nolan Ryan fastball with a little extra on it.
The Shining
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