The fastball is the most common type of pitch thrown by pitchers in baseball and softball. Its distinctive feature is its high speed. "Power pitchers,"...
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Fastball is an American rock band. It was formed in Austin, Texas, in 1992. The band originally called themselves Magneto U.S.A., and changed their name...
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In baseball, a cut fastball or cutter is a type of fastball that breaks toward the pitcher's glove-hand side, as it reaches home plate. This pitch is somewhere...
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A two-seam fastball is a pitch in baseball and softball. It is a variant of the straight fastball. The pitch has the speed of a fastball and can also...
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four-seam fastball, also called a rising fastball, a four-seamer, or a cross-seam fastball, is a pitch in baseball. It is a member of the fastball family...
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The discography of Fastball, an American rock band, consists of seven studio albums, one live album, one compilation album and eleven singles. The band's...
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"The Way" is a song by American alternative rock band Fastball. It was released on January 7, 1998, as the lead single from their second studio album,...
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A split-finger fastball or splitter is an off-speed pitch in baseball that initially looks like a fastball from the batters perspective, but then drops...
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"Out of My Head" is a song by the American band Fastball from their second studio album, All the Pain Money Can Buy (1998). The song is a rock ballad with...
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Little White Lies (album) (redirect from Little White Lies (Fastball song))
Little White Lies is the fifth studio album by American rock band Fastball. It was released on April 14, 2009, and was recorded through the year 2008....
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Sinker (pitch) (redirect from Sinking fastball)
In baseball, a sinker or sinking fastball is a type of fastball which has significant downward and horizontal movement and is known for inducing ground...
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Tony Scalzo (section Fastball)
rock musician and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the band Fastball. Tony Scalzo was born in Hawaii to a mother from Arizona and an Italian-American...
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Pitch (baseball) (section Fastballs)
cut fastball, split-finger fastball, and forkball are variations on the fastball with extra movement, and are sometimes called sinking-fastballs because...
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in 2021. Sasaki set a new Japanese high school baseball record with a fastball recorded at 163 kilometres per hour (101 mph). The Marines chose Sasaki...
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Cadre (comics) (redirect from Fastball (comics))
Shatterfist Black Mass Crowbar Fastball The Cadre appear in Justice League Unlimited, consisting of Shatterfist, Black Mass, Fastball, Nightfall, and Crowbar...
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All the Pain Money Can Buy (category Fastball (band) albums)
the Pain Money Can Buy is the second studio album by American rock band Fastball, released on March 10, 1998, on Hollywood Records. The album includes the...
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types of fastballs. The four-seam fastball is the hardest thrown pitch, but also has very little movement or break to it. The two-seam fastball is slightly...
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pitch often used in a pitcher's arsenal, usually thrown to look like a fastball, but arriving much more slowly to the plate. Its reduced speed coupled...
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Ohtani, to teach him humility. In 2012, Ohtani threw a 160 km/h (99 mph) fastball as an 18-year-old high school pitcher, which at the time, had set a Japanese...
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baseball, an off-speed pitch is a pitch thrown at a slower speed than a fastball. Breaking balls and changeups are the two most common types of off-speed...
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conversation with Zimmer, Clark watched, read Maddux's lips (Maddux said, "Fastball, high, inside), and so knew what pitch to expect. After that incident,...
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talent evaluators took issue with his "poise" despite his having a "great fastball and circle-changeup." He made his MLB debut on September 24, 1992, for...
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The Help Machine (redirect from The Help Machine by Fastball)
The Help Machine is the seventh studio album by American rock band Fastball. The album was produced by Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, who personally selected...
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this "Brooklyn era", baseball evolved into the modern game: the first fastball, first changeup, first batting average, first triple play, first pro baseball...
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The forkball is a type of pitch in baseball. Related to the split-finger fastball, the forkball is held between the first two fingers and thrown hard, snapping...
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both four-seam and sinking two-seam fastballs, each averaging around 97 miles per hour, with his four-seam fastball having reached as fast as 102 MPH....
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throws left-handed, and is nicknamed "the Cuban Missile", due to his high fastball velocity. A member of the 300 save club, Chapman is the all-time leader...
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wide variety of pitches that may be thrown, the four basic types are the fastball, the changeup (or off-speed pitch), and two breaking balls—the curveball...
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date: 2009 Label: Fastball Music Album of re-recordings plus four new songs — — — — 2011 The Great Escape Release date: 2011 Label: Fastball Music — — — —...
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