Fastball

He's batting .222 in All-Star Competition 9 at-bats.

Fastball, strike called over the outside corner above the knees.

Two balls and one strike now to Harvey Keene.

Harvey started the season for the Tigers at shortstop, was moved over to third base in the last month or so.

He's ready now with a 1-1 pitch.

Comes down, and it's swung on and fouled back.

Fastball over the outside corner.

Running's best pitch, according to American League batters, is a slider, a kind of a nickel curve off a fastball.

And those of you who have not been in the States or watched National League balling sometimes, Be advised that Joe weighs about 25 pounds less from the last time he saw him.

Fastball gets him up around the letters again.

He started out mazed, Aaron and Troy, with fastballs all for called strikes.

This is the first time the National Leaguers, of course, have faced Spider Blue.

This year I'm trying to just go with the pitch instead of pulling everything.

And my .341 average... has given me a good start.

Fastball outside at low.

It is two balls, two strikes to Mercer.

Hundley catching.

Fastball in there for a call strike, 2-1 to Chuck Hiller.

On the coaching hands, Berra at first, and Herzog at third for the Mets.

Here's a fastball low inside.

Miller takes his lead and here's the pitch.

In there for a tall strike three.

Fastball cuts the inside corner.

Rainfool is a strikeout victim.

sidearm, sinker-balling right-hander who can really make it tough on right-hand hitters.

Fastball is his best pitch and one of the best descriptions ever of Don Drysdale put out by Dick Grote.

Now with the Cardinals, when Grote said it all, when he said batting against Drysdale is like trying to keep an appointment with the dentist.

That will be Don Drysdale... who is warming up along third against Jim Bouton, who continues to throw along the first baseline.

He doesn't walk many.

They've overshifted on Blanchard now with Maury Wills a couple steps to the second base side of the bag.

Fastball.

One and one.

Sunny breeze for afternoon.

Fastball is in front and low.

Ball two.

Al Solano, new umpire in the league.

What will he try? Two and two.

Fields.

Fastball is low outside.

He just messed with it.

And the one-two pitch is strike three called.

[crowd cheering] Fastball got the inside corner, and down goes Tommy Dean.

[muffled speaking]

One out and Clarence Gaston, the center fielder, coming up.

He doubled home three, picked up the three RBIs, and in four games he has two home runs, a double, and seven runs batted in.

So the label handle with care is applied to Nate Colbert.

Fastball, it's down to Garvey.

He has it, steps himself, throws low, dug out by Parker.

And the pitch on the way.

Fastball on the inside corner and he's gotten Tenace looking.

I think you might have crossed him up on that one, Darrel.

I think, uh, Gene was looking for that ball and, uh, Dave is just throwing him that breaking stuff out over the plate.

Now the stretch by McNally.

A look over to first base and the pitch on the way.

Fastball strike called.

Again, he got around as if he might bunt and took the pitch.