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Jeff S.Has there been mention to pitch speeds in different eras? I'm sure as baseball has progressed, bat speed and pitch speed has increased in unison. Linking one from modern times to one from perhaps the dead ball era would seem an unfair matchup...perhaps a comparison would be a single-A batter vs. a major league pitcher?
There's also the adjustment factor - Ruth and Cobb were such incredible athletes that they could surely adjust to any new pedigree of pitcher presented before them.