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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Leskanic brought a first-pitch, hit-me fastball down the pipe.
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He added a cut fastball and a change-up to go with the fastball, slider and forkball that carried him earlier.
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Left fielder Mark Whiten reached out and poked a tailing fastball over the left-field wall in the second.
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Mark Wohlers has a howling fastball and a big body.
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Paige had long lost his overpowering fastball and could only throw sidearm, yet he had retained his remarkable control.
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Relies mostly on fastballs and the slider.
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Sabathia has a fastball in the high 90s and good command of a curveball and changeup.