Associations to the word «Fastball»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
FASTBALL, noun. (baseball) Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball
FASTBALL, noun. (baseball) 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
FASTBALL COUNT, noun. (baseball) When the pitch count is such that a fastball is often thrown, usually 3-0 and 3-1.
Dictionary definition
FASTBALL, noun. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.