He's right... You miss with a FB, you're less likely to give up a line drive/HR than you would if you hung a breaking ball. A hanging curve/slider is the easiest pitch in baseball to drive. A "hanging fastball", UK? When have you ever heard that said before? i know what he's trying to say too, but there's no such thing as a hanging fastball. You leave a FB right down the middle with no movement, it's a hanging FB (no pitcher tries to throw a FB like that except 3-0 vs. a punching judy), it is a stupid term, but can be applied to that type of pitch. I prefer "flat" or in scouting terms "straight" and for movement "none". Agreed. A fastball with no movement or bad location, yes. A hanging fastball, no. Anyway, back to the crappiness.