11.   I knew he pulls breaking balls and hits fastballs to right.

12.   Johnson, a fastball hitter, hit a fastball down the middle into an impossible wind, but the ball carried into the stands.

13.   Long also went the other way, hitting a fastball that was up to left field for a single.

14.   No matter how hard a pitcher throws, major league hitters can hit fastballs that are straight.

15.   Nixon hit a fastball over the right-field wall to tie the game.

16.   Olerud hit his fastball over the wall in the first inning, and Alfonzo and Olerud hit singles on fastballs to open the third inning.

17.   Reed threw a ball to Klesko before the first baseman hit a fastball out the other way.

18.   Smashing a sledgehammer against a boulder feels like hitting a fastball on the fists.

19.   The official noted that major league hitters can hit a fastball of any speed if it is straight and does not move as it reaches the plate.

20.   The problem was glossed over, mostly because Cordero could hit fastballs with the best of them.