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Celebrating Satchel's centennial (New River Current)
07-Jul-2006
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The scrawny righthander set the world on fire with his fastball. Today is Satchel Paige's 100th birthday. Probably. It could be his 102nd, or 103rd, or 106th, or not his birthday at all. But most people who've thought about it agree this is probably the great pitcher's centennial. The Negro Leagues Committee of the Society of American Baseball Research is holding a conference to mark the
Defense carries Spring Grove past Littlestown (Evening Sun)
20-Jun-2006
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Spring Grove American Legion right-hander Seth Warner won't impress you with a blazing fastball. His style of pitching is more like letting the other team hit the ball and having his defense back him up.
Unpowered but overpowering (Newsday)
20-Jun-2006
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He has long been accused of being older than he admits to, a little detail that may or may not make Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez older than his 40-year-old Mets teammate, Tom Glavine, but definitely in possession of less tread on his arm than 34-year-old Pedro Martinez, his two soulmates in the Mets' starting pitching rotation. Like them, El Duque can't nudge his fastball much past 90 mph anymore
PawSox, Zink top Richmond (The Providence Journal)
20-Jun-2006
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RICHMOND, Va. -- In 2002, Charlie Zink was just your average fastball-cutter-curveball pitcher in the low minor leagues -- until one summer afternoon when fate intervened.
A different type of star will be honored by Swing (Quad-City Times)
20-Jun-2006
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Not all the stars who will be recognized at today’s Midwest League All-Star Charity Luncheon are capable of laying a bunt down or hitting the corner of the strike zone with a blazing fastball.
White Sox pitcher Garland stymies Reds (AP via Yahoo! News)
20-Jun-2006
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Down to his last strike, Jon Garland figured a fastball was coming. His guess was right, his swing was right on.
Chisox sweep; HR by Garland (Detroit Free Press)
20-Jun-2006
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CINCINNATI -- Down to his last strike, Jon Garland guessed fastball. His guess was right, his swing was on, and the result was rare. Garland hit the first home run by a Chicago White Sox pitcher in 35 years Sunday, the best of his many good moments in an 8-1 victory that completed a three-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds.
Moyer bests Bonds in clash of ages (The Olympian)
20-Jun-2006
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SEATTLE -- Jamie Moyer muscled up and threw the pitch of his life. At least that's what the Safeco Field scoreboard showed Sunday after he struck out Barry Bonds with a cut fastball in the sixth inning. The radar gun reading was 89 mph.
Where Ya Been? Vitamin C Juicing Up A Comeback, Fastball Heading Back To The Mound (MTV Music Television)
09-May-2006
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After becoming a tween-idol in 2000, Vitamin C did outside songwriting work and now has new albums for both kids and adults on the way. Fastball has remained active with both band and solo projects, and is currently contemplating a new LP.
No. 1 starter: (The Plain Dealer)
14-Mar-2006
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First start: April 2 vs. White Sox. Velocity: 93-98 mph. Pitches: Fastball, curve and change-up.
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