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What's the Nastiest Pitch in the Game?
Tom Verducci
March 27, 2000
Because it plummets as it reaches the plate, the split-fingered fastball is as brutal on befuddled batters as on the elbows of pitchers who dare to throw it
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March 27, 2000

What's The Nastiest Pitch In The Game?

Because it plummets as it reaches the plate, the split-fingered fastball is as brutal on befuddled batters as on the elbows of pitchers who dare to throw it

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