When he finally took the ball and began his warmups, the first pitch was typically a hard fastball 20 feet over the catcher's head.

Rosario worked the count full before Marquis delivered the hardest fastball of the day.

Wells was a left-handed pitcher, with a hard fastball and a slow curve.

"It was really good to see some good, hard fastballs."

His main offering and best pitch is a hard four-seam fastball at 94-97 mph.

Until 1938, Paige threw mostly hard fastballs and an occasional curveball.

Fernando Valenzuela, without a hard fastball, has tremendous movement in both directions with his pitches.

Every throw is like a four-seam fastball, Martinez said, hard and straight.

He struck out Ricky Jordan with a high, hard fastball.

He looked like a younger Mussina, with a harder fastball and slower curve.