Smoltz, a hard-throwing pitcher, is now considered the best minor league prospect in the Braves' organization.

Smith was known as a hard-throwing pitcher during a solid career that saw him play for nine different Negro league clubs.

There is a long list of things money can buy: in sports it includes hard-hitting outfielders, hard-throwing pitchers and slick-fielding infielders.

But Wang was a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, and he knew who Clemens was.

As a teenager, she began playing amateur softball for the textile teams and excelled as a hard-throwing pitcher.

Schneider was a hard-throwing pitcher who struggled with injuries and control problems.

A hard-throwing pitcher, she also appeared at second base, third, and right field.

Johnson was a hard-throwing pitcher but lacked in control he made up for in velocity and movement.

It has a hard-throwing starting pitcher from Japan with an earned run average of 1.11.

But something else is clear after watching the young, spirited Tigers and their hard-throwing pitchers blow away the Yankees.