41.   Rogers tried to attack Andruw Jones with the cut fastball with the bases loaded and one out but walked him on six pitches.

42.   Reynoso conceded he did not have command of his best pitch, his cut fastball.

43.   Sele threw seven consecutive curveballs before attempting to bust Williams inside with a cut fastball, but the pitch caught too much of the plate.

44.   Simas plunked Vaughn in the chest with the very first pitch, a cut fastball.

45.   Still, Pettitte has a terrific repertory of a fastball, a curveball and a changeup, and he injected a cut fastball into his arsenal in August.

46.   The potential winning run was at third base with Rivera on the mound throwing a cut fastball that typically generates a lot of dribblers in the infield.

47.   They also threw an all right-handed lineup against Davis, but he foiled that strategy with his newly revived cut fastball.

48.   This time it was a soft-throwing pitcher with a tricky cut fastball and a nasty changeup who baffled them.

49.   What makes Pettitte so effective against right-handers, Valentine said, is his cut fastball that comes into them.

50.   When he wanted to use his cut fastball, it deserted him.