Hughes said he wasn't trying to cut the ball on purpose, but it's just what happens sometimes when he throws his fastball.

For New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens, however, the reference to speed is purely in association with his devastating ninety-five-mile-an-hour fastball.

然而对纽约扬基队投手克莱门斯来说，“火箭人”纯指他火箭般的球速——时速超过95英里的快速球。

As that inning started to build on him, the use of his fastball, he tried to over-throw it.

当该局开始对他酿成大局时，他使用他的速球，他试图用力的丢球。

My guess was a fastball.

我猜一定是个快球。

If you take away Chamberlain's ability to locate, the movement on his fastball and his variety of pitches, you know what you get?

如果你牺牲小张的能力，以确定位置，他快速球的移动和多样性的投球，你知道你会得到什麽麽？

It's not always how fast you throw the fastball, sometimes it's your different styles or the different ways that you decide when to throw what.

这不总是你投出，棒球的速度有多快，有时这是你投球的类型，或者你决定采用的投球方式。

Some are to get the batter off balance, have him swing early, and to make the fastball seem faster to the batter.

有些是为了让打者落空均衡、让打者提早出棒，或是让之后接著投出的快速球看起来更快。

For a team that is having trouble scoring, the most welcome sight is a grooved fastball or a hanging curve.

当一支球队无法得分时，最想要的无非是一颗直球或是掉不下来曲球。

For example, if we're talking about a pitcher, like Matsuzaka, we might want to know the speed of his average fastball.

举例来说，如果我们谈到一个投手，就像松阪，我们想知道他投出，快球的平均速度。

I have to be able to throw other pitches in counts where a guy like that is expecting a fastball.

在面对像他这样的打击，并且预期一颗快速球的时候，我必须要能够投出其他的球种。

Clemens showed he still had his splitter Saturday, but he will have to gain more velocity with his fastball.

老克在上周六投出不错的指叉球，但他还要多加点速度在他的快速球上。

When you find a kid with a power arm, all they want to teach him is the four-seam fastball.

当你发掘一位强臂新秀，他们都会想教他四缝线快速球。

I believe he can use the sinker to keep hitters offbalance and use the fastball to blow people away.

我相信他可以用他的伸卡球让打者失去平衡，再用他的速球送打者出局。

A pitcher with an 80 mph fastball couldmanage ten giraffes:

投手扔出的时速130千米的快球能飞到10只长颈鹿这么高：

This may be a testament to his belief in his fastball, which is a very solid pitch with plus velocity.

这也许是他对他的快速球有信心的证明，他的快速球拥有略高于平均值的球速，是一颗很有威力的球种。

As for Mussina, healthy and following a winter of work, can the zip return to his fastball?

至于穆帅，健康及一整个冬天的训练，能否找回他的快速球？

Baseball players have it tough, trying to hit an incoming fastball with a small, rounded bat.

棒球手要想用一根短圆的球棒击中飞速而至的球很不容易。

" It's a matter of trusting myself that I could put the fastball where I wanted to," he said.

同样的你可以将他的四缝线快速球排除不看。

And the example we'll pick is considering, for example, a Matsuzaka fastball.

我们举例来考虑的是，一个松阪的快球。

When your fastball moves by a foot, that's pretty sexy.

当你的快速球移动一呎，那是非常性感的。

Fastball slowing, kids rushing, and the baseball world passing him by?

快速球变慢了，后浪推前浪，棒球世界就要离他而去？