OK, I'm gonna try and get this Blue clicky right. Some of you may already know about it....but I wanted to see who actually WAS the fastest pitcher in baseball, and with all the new technology, were they able to see how fast the old timers really WERE.



Also.....cuz from the old silent black and white movies it looked like EVERYONE was just lobbing the ball. Even Walter Johnson. So I rented the complete Ken Burns series from the library....and did "pause, advance, pause advance, etc. for a couple of minutes on each (or most) of the old time pitchers......and surprise surprise....they looked a ton more fluid, but still compact. Perhaps it had to do with knowing that you were expected to pitch nine innings every time.

Anyway check this site for some fascinating info.

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Everyone THOUGHT Lew Burdette threw a spitter all the time....after retirement he said "No more than everyone else....'bout two or three times if I needed it".

Ron, you must be an incredible catch, or your wife is a SAINT!! Isn't that the way G Gordon Liddy courted?

Rick