Nolan Ryan grew up just south of Houston and spent more than half of his legendary big league career with the Astros and ...

The pitch is the fastest recorded strikeout pitch in MLB ... way that potentially shortchanged past velocity gods such as Nolan Ryan. MLB pitchers have never been better trained to reach high ...

the fastest pitch in the majors this season, during his club's 5-4 win over the New York Mets on Saturday night. The hard-throwing right-hander struck out J.D. Martinez for the final out.