Posted on 10/10/2022 7:06:15 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Andrés Muñoz of the Seattle Mariners threw a nasty 103-mile-per-hour fastball during a playoff game Friday against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The opposing batter was Toronto’s Vlad Guerrero, Jr., and even he was blown away by how fast the pitch was thrown. Guerrero could be seen shaking his head in awe at it.
Muñoz’ throw was the fastest pitch heaved during the MLB playoffs in five years, Codify reported.
The 103 mph heater was indicative of how the first game of the American League Wild Card series would wind up going. The Seattle pitching duo of Luis Castillo and Muñoz held the Blue Jays scoreless, en route to their 4-0 victory. Luis Castillo threw seven innings and notched five strikeouts before Muñoz relieved him to carry out the shutout. According to ESPN, the victory Friday was the Mariners first post-season win since 2001. (RELATED: Blake Bortles Announces His Retirement From Pro Football)
In 2022, the Blue Jays led Major League Baseball with 1,464 hits throughout the regular season. The Jays picked a bad time to go cold with their bats. Toronto faces elimination Saturday in game two of the best-of-three series if they lose again.
If Seattle puts on another pitching clinic in the second post-season game, they’ll surely advance to face the Houston Astros on Tuesday for the divisional round series.
I haven't watched much more than an inning here and there of late season baseball but I know radar guns credited NY Yankee Cole in several of his last regular season games with 100 mph pitches and NY Met DeGrom was clocked at 100 in the playoffs.
I think we might be in the baseball era of radar guns on steroids.
I was pleasantly surprised to see how many folks at the Cleveland games were still wearing Indians gear.
You know the change pissed them off.
I would assume the Redskins fans are similar.
I’m sure technology, combined with enhanced knowledge of how to condition the body, through training and nutrition helps.
I remember when they talked about how long the waiting list was for Redskins season tickets. Now they barely fill half the stadium.
Very disappointed in the Cardinals. Probably will root for the Phillies now.
I remember hating them back in the day.
Joe Theismann, Art Monk, John Riggins, Gary Clark, Darrell Green, Dexter Manley, and “the hogs”, etc.
What has ‘changed’ is the angle of where the radar gun is placed.
Placing the radar gun at an oblique angle to the line of trajectory of the ball travel will give a slower than actual reading..........................
The game has changed so much over the years. There have been a few “hard” throwers but most of them had to learn how to pitch rather than just throw when they reached higher level ball. So speed isn’t everything. Movement, control, and variety of pitches works just as well.
One pitcher I remember, who still is coaching, became the 13th pitcher in MLB history to reach 3,000 strikeouts, and the 9th pitcher in MLB history with 300 career wins (355) and 3,000 strikeouts; he is still the only pitcher in MLB history with 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts and less than 1,000 walks. He won four ERA titles (in 1993–1995 and 1998), and led the NL in shutouts five times. And he holds the record for most seasons finishing in the top 10 in the league in wins. Early in his career he was as high as 93 mph but during most of his career he never threw over 86. Gregg Maddux. Drive for show, but putt for the dough example. So speed isn’t everything. Neither is the home run as Maddux made many of them look like fools.
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Not at the standard frame rate of 24 fps. My calcs show a 100 mph fastball travels 146.7 feet per second, and the distance from the pitcher’s mound to home plate is 60.5 feet. That means the ball will travel that distance is 0.409 sec or 9.82 frames. The frame rate is not high enough.
That’s a fine throw.
Does anyone throw a knuckleball anymore?
Justin Verlander consistantly hit 103 early in his career...hes almost 40 now and still hits 99 m.p.h....and is the favorite to win his third Cy Young award this year...1 year after Tommy John surgery...amazing.
If one is a fan of the Maple Leafs one learns to not take life and sports too seriously.
And how, exactly, did they know he was a male? /s
Modern computing techniques can ‘fill in’ the missing frames with averaging algorithms................
“Cuban-American Aroldis Chapman currently holds the world record for the fastest baseball pitch from a male player. According to the Guinness World Records, Chapman made the pitch on September 2010 in San Diego with a record of 105.1 mph. At the time, he was playing for the Cincinnati Reds against the San Diego Padres.”
It looks like Chapman will not be in the Yankee lineup in the playoffs. He missed a mandatory practice for no good reason. No big loss as he has lost control of his pitches. I say good riddance as I will not forgive him for giving up a walkoff homer to Altuve which cost them the 2019 ALCS and then stood on the mound with a big smile on his stupid face.
“Does anyone throw a knuckleball anymore?”
It’s very rare. I think pitchers think it leads to arm problems but I’m not sure.
LOL, probably sound advice. Especially if you’re a fan of any Detroit team.
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