If you’ve ever been to a “speed pitch” booth, IMHO you’ll find that you think a 55 mph fastball is respectable.
Exactly right. I doubt that very many people here could throw a baseball 75 mph. Try it sometime. The experience might make you appreciate those 85 mph MLB “change-ups.”
Never been to a speed booth, so I ‘ll blindly accept your statement. Honestly, I’d probly be amongst the slowest pitches you’ve seen. I’m just a silly engineer.
My view is that if I were ever called to toss a ball - I sure as heck wouldn’t humiliate myself the way Jughead did. I’d go to baseball field in the evening, when no one was there, and thow the ball a couple times with a friend, to just get the feel of it. I might not be a speed demon; but it wouldn’t look like a slow-pitch toss.