Talk:fastball

"Linda Ronstadt" slang: moved here from entry

This supposed synonym seems to be part of a famous baseball joke, with the punchline being "Blue Bayou" (blew by you). I can't find any actual usage outside of retellings of the joke. So I've moved this to the talk page, out of the entry. Equinox ◑ 17:43, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

• 1986 May 1, "Talkin' Baseball . . . The Can of Corn Is Back on the Shelf," Los Angeles Times:

  A couple of players told me that they refer to a situation in which the batter is badly overmatched by a fastball as a Linda Ronstadt... That refers to Ronstadt's million-selling remake of Roy Orbison's hit song, "Blue Bayou" (blew by you).

Equinox ◑ 17:43, 30 December 2022 (UTC)