Posted on 05/21/2018 7:19:24 AM PDT by simpson96
Cardinals rookie pitcher Jordan Hicks came as close as humanly possible to throwing literal fireballs against the Phillies on Sunday.
He hit 105 mph with the fastball twice, which tied the MLB mark with Aroldis Chapman for the fastest-recorded pitch. He also broke out 104 mph two other times in his 1.1 innings of work.
The Cardinals dugout couldn't believe what they were watching.
As if the 105 mph heat wasn't crazy enough, Hicks had plenty of movement too. It was ridiculous.
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The Cardinals will probably trade him for a utility infielder.
The pitch gets to home plate in slightly less than half a second. The hitter has that much less time to react and decide whether to swing at the pitch. I’m sure the pitch appears to be a blur.
Crazy thing to me is that with 5 pitches in the 104-105 range the batter STILL managed to put wood onto 2 of them for fouls.
Ted Williams said he could see the rotation of the seams. Don't know if I buy that, but that's what he said.
If you’re “looking fastball” you can hit it. Where it gets tough is when the pitcher has a good breaking ball than he can throw anywhere in the count. Then the hitter looks foolish.
Mueller will investigate.
Only a special Russian grip makes this possible.
"Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come."
“Ted Williams said he could see the rotation of the seams. Don’t know if I buy that, but that’s what he said. “
It was said that Williams had better then 20/20 eyesight. I also don’t think it’s unusual for batters to see the rotations of the seams. I’ve heard it claimed many time by many players.
“Ted Williams said he could see the rotation of the seams. Don’t know if I buy that, but that’s what he said. “
It was said that Williams had better then 20/20 eyesight. I also don’t think it’s unusual for batters to see the rotations of the seams. I’ve heard it claimed many time by many players.
Sorry for the double post. Am I the only one for whom Free Republic has become excruciatingly slow?
When Bob Feller hit the scene a batter (Dizzy Dean??) Lit a match and the ump said ‘that ain’t going to help you see that ball’s and the batter replied ‘I just want to make sure he sees me’
+1 IIRC. That photo was from an April Fool’s story, wasn’t it? The fastball pitcher with one bare foot...
The Cards are a pretty good front-office franchise. They’ve been in it more than out of it in the last decade.
Try being a Mariner fan. (which I’m not, but they are the local team.)
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
Hicks nix sticks!
I thought Nolan Ryan had a 106 mph clocked pitch?
He hit 106 mph? Wow.
Also Ted was facing pitchers who threw from the higher mound, which gave the advantage to the pitcher. And he still had a career .344 BA including the 1941 season of .406. Interesting note that in 1941 sac flys counted as an at bat so by today’s scoring rules he would have had between a .411 and .419 average.
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