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What is a fastball?

What is a fastball? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (baseball) Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball
  2. (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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He's also constantly jamming left-handed batters with his cut fastball and using his 92-mph fastball to get ahead in counts.
His mid-90s fastball wows fans, but the natural movement on his fastball and slider are behind his improvement this spring.
Sauveur throws a fastball, knuckleball, curveball and cutter, and he changes speeds with all of them.
He baffles hitters with an awkward delivery, a hard fastball and a Frisbee slider.
He seemed genuinely thrilled to be back on the mound, even without a blazing fastball.
He is working on his off-speed pitches to complement his fastball and splitter.

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