I knew the immediate responses to my post were going to rile people up.
I'm somewhere in the middle on this. I don't care about Ty Cobb's report of hearing a ball hiss. Sure, Johnson threw very hard for the era. I'm sure in 1920 people were also saying "my god. . . the automated horseless carriage just flew buy me at lightening speed. . . ." Everything is relative.
Having said that, some of these guy were throwing plenty hard. Not they weren't over 100, but they threw damm hard.
And comparing people from different eras with all the variables at play is just silly.
Last edited by Snapolit1; 04-25-2024 at 03:01 PM.
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