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Originally Posted by ullmandds
great video...the starting pitchers look to be throwing meatballs!
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Agree on Barnes, that looks like some serious junk! Sorta feel like the other guy's (Mogridge) got some nice whip in his arm. I'd so so love to see one of these games in person, then see one of these teams face a modern team. I hope (and sort of believe) the old guys may surprise... Especially hitters slapping the ball all over the field.
The view of Johnson's motion is so cool. I've seen old footage of him warming up from field level POV, and in front, but this is a great angle. I'm amazed how hard he plants his front foot! It's almost like it's a break, pushing back hard on his left hip and triggering some serious upper body torque. Per earlier posts, I can imagine sidearm can be bad some, but maybe be good for others. My arm usually felt worse repeatedly throwing sidearm, but always used to hear (and believe) submarine (and of course underhand) is much easier on the arm overall. I think the arm (and most body parts) is finicky and varies a lot person to person.. And also if something's outa whack somewhere else (think Dizzy Dean's toe), may be more prone to injury regardless of style. As is, and given he lasted so long, I gotta think WaJo's twisting torso is generating most of his arm speed, and that plant leg is taking the most violent impact. I had knee surgery last week, so cringe seeing that old man ram his stick into the ground like that
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Regardless, awesome video, thanks for posting.