Sometimes I'd see a fast ball, but it was way outside, or inside, to try to set me up for his junk stuff.

He won't be helping me with my fast ball.

I figure he'll give me a fast ball here, but where?

With a fast ball, he would be one of many close to the top.

"Your best chance is to hit the fast ball, not the splitter."

He must start his swing when the fast ball is about halfway to the plate.

One time, in 1987, he was indeed hit in the face with a fast ball.

"I can hit the fast ball at 86 miles an hour, consistently," he said.

It was my turn for the hard fast ball.

Long Tom caught it like a first baseman picking up a fast ball.