Sentence examples for command of the fastball from inspiring English sources

"It was just command of the fastball," Sabathia said.

"I don't think he had good command of the fastball tonight".

"But he's a fastball pitcher, and when you don't have command of the fastball, it might be a tough night for you".

His breaking pitches were particularly sharp, and he was pleased with his command of the fastball — except for the one that Murphy clobbered 433 feet for a two-run, go-ahead homer.

Hughes said he felt as good as he had all season while warming up in the bullpen before the game, but it all vanished, particularly the command of his fastball, when the game started.

Pelfrey's has improved the command of his fastball, particularly down in the strike zone, and he has integrated a curveball into his repertory again.

Roberts said Kershaw could not find the sharpness on his curve, or the command of his fastball and slider.

Saito said he has regained the command of his fastball, which allows him to get ahead in the count and force hitters to chase sliders that are outside of the zone.

Michael Kohn bailed out Blanton in the fifth inning, entering with runners on second and third and none out and striking out Kendrys Morales, Justin Smoak and Saunders to keep the score at 4-1. "Actually, the command of my fastball wasn't that bad," Blanton said.

"It's unbelievable the amount of time he puts on perfecting the command of his fastball," Mazzone said.

But he was pleased with the command of his fastball, which touched 90 miles an hour once and hovered mostly in the 86- to 88-m.p.h.