re: Fastest you have thrown a baseball

I want to hear about all of these former major leaguers you are friends with.........who you obviously know nothing about.

You are a Texas fan. Surely you talk to Roger Clemens often. Tell us more.

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I want to hear about all of these former major leaguers you are friends with.........who you obviously know nothing about.

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Bocephus, you realize the peanut vendor could know hundreds of MLB players right? Well, even the peanut vendor knows Mitch Williams never threw high 90's & can read several links to books & videos where he & his Mgr & GM acknowledge he was in the low 80's at the end of the year.

Doc Medich was who I was thinking of, pitched with Alexander for the Rangers.. not a dentist rather orthopedic, but a good joke on TexFag7 nonetheless... just like you.

Save the tabloid unqoutable fluff for the boys in the softball league.

Here's another direct quote @ low 80's for you, google has them coming all day long Don Quixote.

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Quit reading the cartoon quotes on the back of baseball cards & look at raw data. Mitch vs other power relievers... stats alone will tell you the guy never came close to throwing what the hype/media would claim & that he was done as a pro towards the end of '93.

The Joe Bag of Donuts across the planet like you thinking what elite athletes do is "not that tough".. "if I didn't have an injury".. "if my coach wasn't a dick" are simply disrespectful & embarrassing.

Go win your bowling league when things return to balance, maybe you'll feel better if not at least have an audience that tolerate your delusions.

Nice projection... here you go, another that includes his prime velocity @ 91-93.

"Because he only throws 85-88 mph these days, Williams is now just another pitcher. His Wild Thing reputation helped make him successful in the big leagues because he threw hard enough (91-93 mph) to make hitters nervous about digging in against him."

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At some point you'll realize you are drawing dead. Naw, you'll keep digging in.

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The link you give says that Williams was 85-88 several years AFTER the 93 WS and thT this was much down from his 92-93 previous offerings. You’re a moronic blowhard. I know baseball people and you aren’t one of them. I by far believe MrAU over you, and will put up the other guy’s $5 if you will even show up to Sonic you chump.

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What's with the low IQ Alabama crowd in here? English mother frickers, can y'all read it?

You have 5 links in here with direct quotes from staff, opponents, GM's and Williams himself. The guy threw 82-93 over his career & was @ the bottom during that fateful '93 World Series.

If you can't read or understand velocity changes seasonally much less over a career then you are who you are... incredibly uninformed and therefore dumb by way of accepting it.

Another tidbit for the cerebral wonders in here, Greg Harris the Rangers closer Mitch eventually took over for couldn't break 85 with his fastball.

The best fastball clocked in Arlington from '85-'89 with exception of Nolan Ryan was a local high school pitcher @ 97 mph. A handful of guys in the AL were throwing mid 90's+ in that era, but it was uncommon. Two amazing things that immensely impacted baseball blossomed in Arlington and it centered around Tom House & Jose Canseco. Interesting times.

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Fastest you have thrown a baseball

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Dont know about throwing a baseball....but Scott Baker who pitched for the Twins/Cubs lived here in S'port and once threw me a couple pitches just playing catch that were 90+ mph......I dont ever want that feeling in my hand again.

High 70’s was my best. I coached a lot of little league pitchers who could throw in the 85 mph area. But if you want to do good in college you have to have three pitches and the delivery of those pitches has to look the same.

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antibarner

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bullshite.

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Its 5k but whos counting....

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Yeah typing on the phone is difficult, but I think I'll back you for $5k. I get most of the payout for putting the money up. Then again, Mr Turretts ain't gonna show, and has as much money as he does baseball knowledge. So, we are basically where we started.

A pitcher with a lot of movement, who throws a change that looks like a fastball, and has an above average breaking ball........is as deadly, if not more so, than a guy who consistently throws mid-90's.

I brought up Greg Maddux earlier ITT. For the last ten years of his career, he was the first scenario. Tom Glavine was the first scenario his entire career. At his best, Glavine was a mid-80's fastball guy. But he changed speeds enough and threw so much breaking stuff, that when he did throw his fastball, he could get it by you.