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fastball

a baseball pitch thrown at high speed with very little curve.

fastball, fastballs "he swung late on the fastball", fast ball, fast balls, pumper, pumpers, hummer, hummers, cheese, cheeses, heat, heater, heaters, gas, old number one, old number ones, dead red, dead reds, the express, blazer, blazers, dart, darts, number one, number ones, cheddar, cheddars, hard one, hard ones, smoke ball, smoke balls "he showed batters nothing but smoke", smoke, steamer, steamers, fogger, foggers