Sentences with phrase «fastball ever»
The Wild One He became a legend throughout baseball by throwing the fastest fastball ever — and rarely getting it over the plate.
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Armed with a wicked fastball, the righthander from Humboldt had an ERA of 2.36 and 110 shutouts, the most ever.
«In fact, he probably had the straightest fastball I've ever seen.»
Armed, however, with avicious split - fingered fastball that's as good as ever and the aforementionedhardheadedness — Clemens is a staunch power pitcher the way Strom Thurmondremained a staunch conservative to the grave — Clemens concedes nothing.Whatever velocity he may have lost since his prime years is compensated forwith conviction and command.
But I can tell you this, sir, that I threw two fastballs, and he hit the second one for the longest ball I ever saw — it cleared those whole three decks — and I was too surprised to be mad anymore.»
Most impressive part of the at - bat: When the 19 - year - old spit on the second and third pitches he ever saw in the majors, inside fastballs with good location that were designed to punish an overanxious hitter.
I went to him and said, «Denny, did it ever occur to you to throw anything but a fastball?»