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re: 100 mph fastball isn’t what it used to be.
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:27 am to Hook Em Horns
Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:27 am to Hook Em Horns
Maddox is one of the greatest of all time. But he was the king of the 2” off the plate strike. Robo ump would have killed him
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Posted on 6/21/22 at 9:53 am to Oilfieldbiology
Agreed, but his fastball was around 89 which is not the same as an 89 mph today.
I think his FB would have been closer to 93-94 in today's measurements but I am just giving an educated guess. His career was long and how those radar guns worked changed during his career.
If you didn't get to Maddox in the 1st couple innings, you weren't. He kept working that ump to get balls further and further off the plate called strikes. Then hitters could not figure where it was going.
I sat behind home plate one day and watched hitter after hitter lunge for balls just to be handcuffed inside. I didn't see a decent cut at the ball after two innnings. He threw a one hitter that day.
I think his FB would have been closer to 93-94 in today's measurements but I am just giving an educated guess. His career was long and how those radar guns worked changed during his career.
If you didn't get to Maddox in the 1st couple innings, you weren't. He kept working that ump to get balls further and further off the plate called strikes. Then hitters could not figure where it was going.
I sat behind home plate one day and watched hitter after hitter lunge for balls just to be handcuffed inside. I didn't see a decent cut at the ball after two innnings. He threw a one hitter that day.
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