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Posted By: runscott

it sometimes takes even ML-caliber pitchers many years to figure out how to "pitch". Meanwhile, if they've got the arm for it, they do their best to blow the batters away. Examples are Don Sutton, Christy Mathewson, and Ryan. I was listening to an interview the other day with two ML batters - both said that they would rather face a power pitcher than a control pitcher, as long as the power pitcher was throwing under 93 miles/hour. Ryan, of course, threw much harder than that - it was the only effective pitch in his arsenal when he was younger.