fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl 
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often appearing to rise slightly as it nears the plate
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He struck him out with a fastball.
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Morgan’s 98 mph fastball just above the strike zone landed in the Brewers’ bullpen beyond left field and ended a game that had an eventful final few innings.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
Working through the rotation The Cardinals seem to have avoided anything serious with Matthew Liberatore, who was pulled from the nightcap in the top of the fifth due to fatigue after his fastball velocity dropped to 89 miles per hour.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 6 June 2025
In Game 1 of the NLCS, Ramirez was drilled in the ribs with a fastball thrown by.....
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Chapman is still regularly topping 100 mph on the radar gun, and his 103.8 mph fastball to Texas’ Blaine Crim on May 7 was the second fastest pitch thrown in MLB so far this season and the fastest by any Red Sox pitcher in the Statcast era.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025
Working through the rotation The Cardinals seem to have avoided anything serious with Matthew Liberatore, who was pulled from the nightcap in the top of the fifth due to fatigue after his fastball velocity dropped to 89 miles per hour.
—Katie Woo, New York Times, 6 June 2025
In Game 1 of the NLCS, Ramirez was drilled in the ribs with a fastball thrown by.....
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
Chapman is still regularly topping 100 mph on the radar gun, and his 103.8 mph fastball to Texas’ Blaine Crim on May 7 was the second fastest pitch thrown in MLB so far this season and the fastest by any Red Sox pitcher in the Statcast era.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
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“Fastball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fastball. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed
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