"1. A hard-hit ball, such as a searing ground ball or a fast, low line drive. "[Joe] Cassidy had to dip his skypiece in response to the applause after he speared Donahue's [Red Donahue's] grass disturber. It was a sizzler, all right' (The Washington Post, Aug. 28, 1904; Peter Morris). 1ST USE. 1895. '[Pink] Hawley made a fine stop of [Bill] Kennedy's sizzler' (Brooklyn Eagle, June 11; Peter Morris). 2. A fastball. 1ST USE. 1911 (Baseball Magazine, October, p.68; Edward J. Nichols).
Paul Dickson, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary
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