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cut fastball
[ kuht fast-bawl ]
noun
- a fast pitch similar to a slider but delivered with a flick of the wrist, which abbreviates, or cuts, the turn of the ball upon release:
It doesn鈥檛 matter that he always tosses the same cut fastball because it鈥檚 always too filthy to hit.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cut fastball1
Example Sentences
Scouts came to Sheldon鈥檚 亚洲网紅露点 to catch a glimpse of Herbert鈥檚 cut fastball that 鈥渄rove guys nuts,鈥 former Sheldon baseball coach Stan Manley said.
Ohtani reached base again in the ninth inning when Yankees closer Luke Weaver grazed his back foot with a cut fastball.
Facing right-hander Reed Garrett in the fifth, Pages drove a 1-and-1 cut fastball on the inner half of the plate 376 feet for a three-run homer, cutting the Mets鈥 lead to 10-5.
Treinen also throws a 90.8-mph cut fastball that has a much tighter break than his sweeper and a 94.3-mph four-seamer that is less lively than than his sinker 鈥 it breaks an average of eight inches to his arm side 鈥 but is easier to command.
Hern谩ndez, who played with Jansen in L.A. and in Boston, hit a 415-foot home run off a 2-and-2 cut fastball to tie the score 4-4.
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