Synonyms for fastball
ˈfæstˌbɔl, ˈfɑst-fast·ball

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1. fastballnoun

   Synonyms:
   hummer

2. fastballnoun

   Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball

   Synonyms:
   hummer

3. fastballnoun

   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

   The pitcher had a blazing fastball.

   Synonyms:
   hummer

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1. fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bulletnoun

   (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

   "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

   Synonyms:
   warmer, gage, skunk, smoke, roll of tobacco, weed, dope, fume, bullet, sess, slug, green goddess, hummer, locoweed, smoking, bullet train, grass, pot, sens, heater

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1. Drew Smyly:

   They just came out really aggressive, it just seemed like every time I threw a fastball, they were ready for it. I guess their plan was to swing early because that’s what they were doing.

2. Daniel Vogelbach:

   You have to give credit where credit is due, that’s two games in a row that he’s made it real tough on us. He has a really good fastball and he throws a curveball for a strike when he wants to. He’s just a guy in a groove right now who’s doing what he wants on the mound.

3. Branden Pinder:

   It was a fastball inside, it just cut on me a little bit. I would have liked to get it a little more inside.

4. Jake Odorizzi:

   My fastball command was pretty good, i felt it had good metrics to it. It was one of my higher carry days of the season. That’s good to see. That’s one of my strong points. I think it’s the highest that it’s been this year. I felt like I located it pretty well.

5. John Schilling:

   To engage an ICBM with THAAD would be like asking a high school baseball player to hit a fastball from a major-league pitcher - literally out of his league.