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
Examples of fastball in a Sentence
He struck him out with a fastball.
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Both his average fastball velocity (99.3) and the extension that the 6-3 right-hander gets in his delivery rank in the 98th percentile, per Statcast.
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Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
That's when 27-year-old shortstop Jordan Peña took a fastball off the ribs from Chicago Cubs rookie right-hander Cade Horton.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
On Sunday, the velocity on his four-seam fastball was down 1 mph.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 29 June 2025
Ohtani, who finished fourth in the Cy Young Award voting in 2022, got strike one on a 99.2 mph fastball.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2025
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Phil Rogers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
That's when 27-year-old shortstop Jordan Peña took a fastball off the ribs from Chicago Cubs rookie right-hander Cade Horton.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
On Sunday, the velocity on his four-seam fastball was down 1 mph.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 29 June 2025
Ohtani, who finished fourth in the Cy Young Award voting in 2022, got strike one on a 99.2 mph fastball.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2025
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“Fastball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fastball. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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fastball
noun
fast·ball
ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl
: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed
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