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MLB 2016 Regular Season Official Thread - Do Not Attempt to Ketchup

Parch

Member
Grilli showing he belongs.
Why the Jays have to make it so intense? The pitching struggles when the bats get hot and it ends up being a high scoring barn burner. But they hung on, that's what matters.
 

BFIB

Member
The Cards are legit on fire now. 5 straight series wins, starter ERA under 3.00, and the offense is clicking.
 

Parch

Member
I just watched the documentary "Fastball". It's great. It's narrated by Kevin Costner and has major leaguers and HOFers talking about the best fastball pitchers in the game. Lots of good stories and info. Have you ever heard of Steve Dalkowski? The intimidation factor of Gossage and Gibson. The argument between player and scientist about the "rising/riding" 4 seam fastball. The Koufax perfect game. The difference between 92 and 100 is 4.5 feet, but that's all the difference in the world. Lots of great stuff in this doc.

The comparisons between who are considered the best fastball pitchers in each era is interesting. They used army ballistic equipment to measure Big Train Johnson and Bob Feller and have estimated adjustments compared to Aroldis Chapman's best pitch measured at 105.1 MPH at 50 feet.
Walter Johnson 93.8 MPH
Bob Feller 107.6 MPH
But it's Nolan Ryan declared the winner. Nolan regularly gunned over a 100, but adjusted to today's measurements, they're giving his best pitch at 108.5 MPH. Loved watching Nolan pitch, so him getting GOAT made me smile.

This is a really good documentary. History and science make baseball great.
 

rando14

Member
Jayson Werth is the most beautiful man in baseball

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