Originally Posted By: dwatkins
Originally Posted By: Todd
Originally Posted By: Jason Beezuz
I have hit 85mph at the batting cages a bunch. Its really really fast. No way can Evo throw that. That speed takes years and years of training and conditioning. The only reason so many guys are throwing so fast these days is a life time of work, something Evo isn’t doing. 85 isn’t fast by pro standards but its fast as fuk and would scare most people having that coming at them. I also hit 95 a bunch and that is a blip. Start swinging during the windup.


The most I was ever gunned at was 88mph, though I probably would waiver between about 85 and 90 at my best.

Unfortunately I never was able to learn another pitch well enough, and even 90mph fastballs start looking pretty fat when it's all you can throw.

Got to hit against several guys who could really bring it in college, and not surprisingly the hardest guys to hit against were the proverbial "crafty left handers"...

Fish on...

Todd


impressive! I believe you have thrown 88.

I ran a 4.7 40 in high school and they wanted me to play football. I liked baseball better.


Tall and lanky = speed. Todd played a bit of college ball and I played a year in rookie ball after HS. I never pitched, but I could crow hop to the plate from left without hitting the cutoff. I've thrown out my arm so many times it makes me puke just thinking about it. Now at 43, I can barely throw across the yard. Shoulder is pure junk. The one thing I can still do is run like the damned wind. Todd's seen it a time or two.
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