1. And I strongly suspect all of baseball outside of New York City wants to see a Selig fastball on this one. 2. And then, with Yogi and Roberto watching -- and my girlfriend, too -- I caught a waist-high fastball on a slight upswing. 3. A fastball on the inner half of the strike zone, for example. 4. Acosta emphasizes aggressive pitching, using the fastball on both sides of the plate and getting ahead in the count. 5. After Caminiti fouled off three two-strike pitches, Cook fired a fastball on the inside corner that left the lethal hitter staring and shaking his head. 6. But Brian Hunter popped up when Franco threw him a fastball on his fists and Andruw Jones struck out. 7. But the junior left-hander tucked a fastball on the outside corner for a called strike three on Rob Itri to end the inning. 8. Can he locate his fastball on both sides of the plate? 9. Cleveland assumed an early lead after Jim Thome, their most productive hitter, was hit by a Pettitte fastball on the right wrist in the first inning. 10. Derek Jeter, who anchored the infield behind Wells, would be jammed with fastballs on the hands. |