21.   Mussina dominated the Red Sox, carving up the strike zone with two speeds of curveballs, whipping his fastball past the Boston batters.

22.   Nen threw a fastball past Johnson for a strike and then Johnson fouled off a slider.

23.   Mussina struck out Everett four times in a game at Yankee Stadium this season by getting ahead in the count and then pumping high fastballs past Everett.

24.   Nobody got fastballs past Griffey.

25.   Slowly, McGwire plugged the hole in his swing, where pitchers had thrown fastballs past him.

26.   The dream starts when a young boy realizes he can throw a fastball past his father.

27.   The high strike could be a natural advantage for power pitchers like Clemens and Mariano Rivera, who have the velocity to fire navel-high fastballs past batters.

28.   The Mets needed a power pitcher who could buzz fastballs past good hitters in the late innings, and Rojas could be that pitcher.

29.   Urbina fired fastballs past Huskey for the second out, and Mets Manager Bobby Valentine was in a quandary.

30.   Usually, Rivera strolls into games and pumps fastballs past hitters.