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RichardSimon 10-02-2014 03:14 PM

This is cool - very rare film footage of 1924 World Series
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-world-series/

w7imel 10-02-2014 03:28 PM

Richard that was amazing gave me goose bumps when fans rushed the field! Truely an era long forgotten. Love how all the "gentlemen" in the crowd were in suites and top hats. What a classic find! Would love to watch old world series games are there dvd's you can find of them anywhere you know? How the crowds have changed, now days you wont see a single suit in the crowd.

johnmh71 10-02-2014 03:29 PM

Awesome stuff. The only thing missing is the ball hitting the pebble by third base in the 12th.

RTK 10-02-2014 06:04 PM

Jerseys without numbers, let alone names. Ninety years later the game seems so familiar unlike the style of play in hockey, football and basketball.

drjdog5150 10-02-2014 10:31 PM

That was great, thanks for sharing! I really enjoyed seeing Walter Johnson, one of my more recent pickups in it too.

packs 10-03-2014 07:48 AM

That was amazing. Man, I know in all the books everyone said Walter had some easy gas. Seeing him take that slow wind up and whip his arm, it's hard to believe he's throwing high 90s heat!

joed25 10-03-2014 09:25 AM

Awesome

Scott Garner 10-03-2014 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by joed25 (Post 1329823)
Awesome

+1 Thanks Richard!

Mark17 10-03-2014 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by packs (Post 1329794)
That was amazing. Man, I know in all the books everyone said Walter had some easy gas. Seeing him take that slow wind up and whip his arm, it's hard to believe he's throwing high 90s heat!

What has always amazed me about Walter's speed is that his windup leaves him pushing back against the pitching rubber. I've never seen any other pitcher throw like that - they all propel themselves towards the plate when they throw, with their back foot lifting off the rubber.

Scott Garner 10-03-2014 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by packs (Post 1329794)
That was amazing. Man, I know in all the books everyone said Walter had some easy gas. Seeing him take that slow wind up and whip his arm, it's hard to believe he's throwing high 90s heat!

You can bet, with absolute certainty that WaJo had a fastball well into the 100+ MPH range. He didn't really have a great # 2 pitch and struck out 3,508 batters. He might have had one of the greatest fastballs of all time, even with that easy motion...

packs 10-03-2014 07:56 PM

No doubt in my mind. I just meant with how easy he moves you'd think he was just lobbing it in. Truly incredible footage and really interesting to see. Wish I could hear the zip.


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