fastball

n.

（投手投出的）快球；

1. Jack managed to bunt the fastball.
   杰克极力用短打打出投手投出的快球。
2. He has a quirky windup but his fastball is great.
   他投球准备动作很怪，但快球投得很棒。

Fast-ball
Fastball
FAST BALL
The rising fastball: baseball's impossible pitch
The Rising Fastball and Other Perceptual Illusions of Batters
A biomechanical comparison of the fastball and curveball in adolescent baseball pitchers
The perceptual illusion of baseball's rising fastball and breaking curveball.
Kinetic comparison among the fastball, curveball, change-up, and slider in collegiate baseball pitchers
A three-dimensional cinematographic analysis of the fastball and curveball pitches in baseball
Biomechanical comparison of the fastball from wind-up and the fastball from stretch in professional baseball pitchers
High pressure, near‐liquidus phase equilibria of the Home Plate basalt Fastball and melting in the Martian mantle
A three-dimensional cinematographic analysis of upper limb movement during fastball and curveball baseball pitches
Biomechanical analysis of forearm pronation and its relationship to ball movement for the two-seam and four-seam fastball pitches