Bottenfield (1-2) got ahead by 0-2 in the count, then inexplicably served up a fat fastball.

In the first inning, he threw a fat fastball to Strawberry, who whaled it high over the fence in right field for a 3-1 lead.

Once again, Olerud found a fat fastball and rifled it between shortstop and third base to drive in two more.

Instead, he threw a fat fastball over the middle of the plate to Chin.

Brown threw a fat fastball that Dellucci, another former Yankee, hit over the fence in center field for a 3-0 bulge.

It turned out to be a fat fastball, and I missed it.

But he threw a high and fat 89-mile-an-hour fastball to Ryan Klesko, who attacked it.

The one in which Benitez threw a fat fastball when he had two strikes and no balls on Burrell?

Rucker threw a fat fastball, and Hernandez pounced on it and hit it high into the seats in right.

Rhodes didn't get his breaking ball over and had to throw him fat fastballs.