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. Zach Plesac:

   It was fastball command all night, that opened everything up for the off-speed.

2. 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.

3. Robbie Ray:

   I felt good on the mound, I felt really good with my pitches, about maybe the fifth inning where I was like, ‘ OK it’s a possibility. ’ Just felt like my fastball was really good today. I felt like I was able to pretty much put where I wanted to.

4. Shohei Ohtani:

   I feel like the homers were a little bit ambushed, i need to make better pitches when they’re expecting the fastball.

5. 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.