fireballing

Only two Rynes have played in major league history: Sandberg, the former Cubs second baseman, and the man Sandberg was named after, Ryne Duren, a fireballing relief pitcher in the 1950s and '60s.

Minor league Rynes look to uphold the good name 2010

On the mound for Boston in the bottom of the eighth was reliever Daniel Bard, a fireballing set-up man who had been dominating batters for a month.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

CONAN: How much - Nolan Ryan, of course the great fireballing right-hander who stayed and pitched until what, 45, 46 years old.

Giants And Rangers Fans Talk Up Their Teams 2010

Seattle's starting pitcher, fireballing rookie Michael Pineda, forces opponents to swing-and-miss on 13.1% of their swings.

Yankees' Nova Is the Most Hittable Pitcher in Baseball 2011

On the mound for Boston in the bottom of the eighth was reliever Daniel Bard, a fireballing set-up man who had been dominating batters for a month.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

CONAN: How much - Nolan Ryan, of course the great fireballing right-hander who stayed and pitched until what, 45, 46 years old.

Giants And Rangers Fans Talk Up Their Teams 2010

SECAUCUS, N.J. The Washington Nationals surprised no one by making fireballing right-hander Stephen Strasburg the first pick in Major League Baseball's draft Tuesday night.

Nationals select Strasburg with No. 1 overall pick 2009

In return for trading Josh Willingham to the Oakland A's, the Nationals will receive Henry Rodriguez and Corey Brown, a right-handed, 23-year-old fireballing reliever who made 29 major league appearances last year and a 25-year-old outfielder with speed, power potential and a proclivity for striking out.

Nationals receive Henry Rodriguez, Corey Brown from Oakland in Josh Willingham trade Adam Kilgore 2010

Bob Feller, a fireballing pitcher who broke into the big leagues as a 17-year-old sensation with the Cleveland Indians and was acclaimed as baseball's finest pitcher from the late 1930s to the late 1940s, died Dec. 15 at a hospice near Cleveland.

Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, 92, dies Matt Schudel 2010

Bob Feller, a fireballing pitcher who broke into the big leagues as a 17-year-old sensation with the Cleveland Indians and was acclaimed as baseball's finest pitcher from the late 1930s to the late 1940s, died Wednesday night at a hospice near Cleveland.

Bob Feller dies at 92; Hall of Famer had wicked fastball T. Rees Shapiro 2010