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To: wardaddy
Thank you for that, I thought that was interesting. Today's speed guns measure at 10 feet from the release point.

Nolan Ryan was measured at 10 feet from the plate

So by today's standards, he would have been at 108mph

When Pete Rose is asked who the most difficult pitcher he faced was, he always says Bob Gibson.

He hit both Gibson and Ryan, so that somewhat surprised me.

Gibson was fast, but no way he was over 100mph.

Gibson was known to be very "intimidating". (His own teammates were scared of him on game days, he was so intense). Glaring at batters and brushing them back, so maybe that is what Rose meant.

Or Gibson threw hard, but had tremendous movement.

if I ever meet Rose, I'll ask him.

54 posted on 05/22/2018 1:25:42 PM PDT by boop ("I said give me the brandy!")
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To: boop

Gibson
Brock
Cepeda
Carlton
Mccarver

Good days of my 10th year

Gibson was accurate


55 posted on 05/22/2018 4:34:02 PM PDT by wardaddy (Reward for young runaway goes by Kanye fancies hisself a poet...if seen contact his overseer@DNC.org)
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