10 QUOTES WITH «FASTBALL»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
fastball.
Trying to sneak a fastball past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak the sunrise past a rooster.
The final release point for the fastball is the tips of your fingers.
I've got a fastball, change-up, forkball, curve, slider, knuckle-slider, knuckle-curve, I had about seven pitches I could have used at any time.
Later, I could take something off my slider and I could make my fastball sink, so I really had four pitches.
I'm not like a 90-mph fastball kind of guy, but I can hit 70 on radar gun. I hit 70 one time on a radar guy at one of those pitch-and-throw kind of things. I have a pretty good arm for somebody who's not a baseball player.
At 19, I was still figuring out how to throw a fastball.
When Bryan Price taught me how to throw a changeup, he made me see myself. All my life, I've been the equivalent of a fastball pitcher - trying to use blazing speed and brute force to wow the people around me.
I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.
The reason I think I'm a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That's what you do to pitch. That's what pitchers have to do to win games.
I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider. Then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first 30 feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it has crossed the plate.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FASTBALL»
Discover the use of
fastball in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
fastball and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
A pitch on which this effect is most marked is often called a "rising fastball," as the ball appears to rise to the batter. Colloquially, use of the fastball is called throwing heat or putting steam on it, among many other variants.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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The Science of the
Fastball
This book presents a scientific but easy to understand explanation of pitching power.
"Back . . . back . . . back . . . back. Yes, this novel is a home run." --Chris Berman "Bob Mitchell writes like a crafty veteran with a lot of pitches . . . he mixes baseball, history, and family to show us how sports connects. Enjoy.
4
Hit by Pitch: Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the Fatal
Fastball
"On August 16, 1920, Yankees pitcher Carl Mays threw a fastball that struck Cleveland Indians shortstop Ray Chapman in the head.
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Fastball and the Forest
Simon Kraner begins to get reconciled to having to move to Texas when he discovers that he will be living in the hometown of his favorite baseball player, Fastball Freddie Taylor, and he is even happier when he falls through a hole into a ...
Jerry Zafereo, Tessie Bundick, 1995
6
Nolan Ryan:
Fastball to Cooperstown
A biography of Texas native Nolan Ryan, focusing on his baseball career, from Little League to the majors.
7
Do You Know Baseball?: Test Your Expertise with These ...
100 questions and answers about baseball.
8
Fastball Fitness: The Art and Science of Training to Throw ...
Fastball Fitness presents an in-depth but easy-to-apply look at velocity and how it can be safely developed.
9
High Heat: The Secret History of the
Fastball and the ...
"High Heat is a great idea brilliantly executed. Wendel delivers this fastball with a winning mix of science, biography, and mythology."--David Maraniss, author of Clemente
10
The Complete Guide to Pitching
The last two types of fastballs are the batting-practice fastball (BP fastball) and
the extra fastball. As previously mentioned, it is usually easier for the pitcher to
change speeds on the fastball than on a breaking ball or changeup, largely
because ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FASTBALL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
fastball is used in the context of the following news items.
Justin Verlander is having problems with his fastball
The reason for his struggles this year is that opposing hitters are teeing off of his fastball. What once was a dominating pitch for Verlander, ... «Bless You Boys, Jul 15»
Cody Anderson, Francisco Lindor help Cleveland Indians defeat …
*Lindor led off against lefty Brett Oberholtzer with a homer to left. Lindor flipped the hips on a 3-1 fastball running in and snuck it over the 19-foot ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
Go see some live music: Blondie, Fastball and Rembrandts, Stu Hamm
A band's fortieth anniversary might find the members in victory-lap, let's-slow-it-down-a-notch mode. Not so with Blondie. «Bucks County Courier Times, Jul 15»
Evan Gattis hits head-high fastball for home run, impresses Trevor …
Power that was on display Wednesday when he did, in fact, turn on Trevor Bauer's eye-level 94-mph fastball and lined an absolute rocket ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
Native Fastball Championships coming to Transcona
More than 80 teams will be headed our way for the Canadian Native Fastball Championships, which will be a home run for the economy on the ... «Winnipeg Sun, Jul 15»
Fastball provincials returning to South Bear Creek
The Grande Prairie Pirates host the Men's Senior B and Intermediate B and C Fastball Provincials in the Swan City this weekend. DHT file ... «Alberta Daily Herald Tribune, Jul 15»
Dodgers send reliever Yimi Garcia to Triple-A to work on fastball …
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers sent reliever Yimi Garcia to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday to get in extra work around the ... «Daily Journal, Jul 15»
No homers, no problem for Closson Fastball Club
It was a rare outing for the Gord Closson Forest Products Softball Club last Thursday as they didn't blast any home runs over the Waldon Park ... «Cowichan Valley Citizen, Jul 15»
Fastball Feedback: Comic Book Reviews for July 8
Last week Image Comics held another Expo at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, announcing a wide line of upcoming titles. A lot of ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
B.C. fastball championships this Friday at Art Morris
Those in search of a fun-filled weekend of sports, hotdogs and sunshine, well, good news: Sooke will play host to the Sooke Minor Fastball ... «Sooke News Mirror, Jul 15»
