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Peggy Lee fastball
noun
in baseball, a fast ball that is not particularly fast US
From Peggy Lee’s hit recording of “Is That All There Is?”.- McGraw uses a collection of pitches that includes his old faithful, the screwball, and another of his own devise, known as the “Peggy Lee” fastball. That is the offspeed pitch where, according to McGraw, the batter sees it and says, “Is that all there is?” — New York Times, p. 4 (Section 5), 21 September 1980
- — Mike Whiteford, How to Talk Baseball, p. 116, 1987
- He had an innate ability to pump a crowd, loosen up a tight clubhouse and to reach back for whatever was needed on a Peggy Lee fastball[.] — Philadelphia Daily News, 6 January 2004
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