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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!) Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. This article has been tagged since April 2007.  The fastball is the most common type of pitch in baseball. Some "power pitchers," like Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemens, Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Sam McDowell, Randy Johnson, Justin Verlander, and Joel Zumaya have thrown it 95-105 mph (150-160 km/h), and relied on this speed to prevent the ball from being hit. Others throw more slowly but put movement on the ball or throw it on the outside of the plate where the batter cannot easily reach it. The appearance of a faster pitch to the batter can sometimes be achieved by minimizing the batter's vision of the ball before its release. The result is known as an "exploding fastball": a pitch that seems to arrive at the plate quickly despite its low velocity. Fastballs are usually thrown with backspin, so that the Magnus effect creates an upward force on the ball, causing it to fall less rapidly than might be expected. A pitch on which this effect is most marked is often called a "rising fastball", as the ball appears to rise to the batter. Colloquially, use of the fastball is called throwing heat or putting steam on it, among many other variants. Gripping the ball with the fingers across the wide part of the seam ("four-seam fastball") so that both the index finger and middle finger are touching two seams perpendicularly produces a straight pitch, gripping it across the narrow part ("two-seam fastball") so that both the index finger and middle finger are along a seem produces a sinking fastball, holding a two-seam fastball off-center ("cut fastball") imparts lateral movement to the fastball, and splitting the fingers along the seams ("split-finger fastball") produces a sinking action with a lateral break. Fastball Mp3 DownloadsDownload audio files (mp3 and wma) with Fastball Songs using these download websites. The list will be updated perciodically.Fastball RingtonesYou can get any Fastball ringtone you like (realtone, polyphonic, mono tone, mp3 ringtone) using the next service:
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Understanding physics has nothing on throwing a 4-seam fastball After watching Tim Lincecum pitch several games it seems he has t.v. commentators toungue-tied. They cannot come up with one good reason why this kid, who looks like a 16 year old batboy, is able to throw rockets by hitters in the upper nineties range and curveballs that hit 80 mph plus. Find out why it has nothing to do with his great arm. Want to get drafted? Better have a good fastball -- and other tips for pitching prospects.
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