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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.
Sirotka doesn't blow hitters away with a big fastball, but he throws a lethal sinker and gets a lot of groundouts.
He can't finish his pitches, particularly his cutter and changeup, and his fastball is topping out at 85 mph.
He seemed genuinely thrilled to be back on the mound, even without a blazing fastball.
The White Sox pitcher challenged Mantle with a high fastball, and Mickey drove the ball almost out of sight for a three-run homer.
He baffles hitters with an awkward delivery, a hard fastball and a Frisbee slider.

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