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Minor League pitcher equivalent to Bill Brasky
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:55 pm
Never heard of this guy before today. Link below is to Steve Dalkowski's wiki page.
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They had a baseball historian on MLB network today talking about him. Rumored to throw the ball 115 mph. One season struck out 121 batters in only 62 IP. Yet, also walked 129 batters and had 39 wild pitches that same year.
"He was said to have thrown a pitch that tore off part of a batter's ear, and some observers believed that this incident made Dalkowski even more nervous and contributed further to his wildness."
His wiki is a must read for any baseball junkie.
LINK
They had a baseball historian on MLB network today talking about him. Rumored to throw the ball 115 mph. One season struck out 121 batters in only 62 IP. Yet, also walked 129 batters and had 39 wild pitches that same year.
"He was said to have thrown a pitch that tore off part of a batter's ear, and some observers believed that this incident made Dalkowski even more nervous and contributed further to his wildness."
His wiki is a must read for any baseball junkie.
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Posted on 4/21/15 at 10:59 pm to crazyLSUfan
Sid finch. He was on the cover of SI.
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 4/21/15 at 11:10 pm to crazyLSUfan
I would be absolutely floored if someone could throw 110. Anything in the triple digits is super rare and 105 is an insane outlier.
Posted on 4/21/15 at 11:13 pm to Tiger Ryno
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Sid finch. He was on the cover of SI.
The George Plimpton April Fools Joke.
Sidd Finch was a legend.
This post was edited on 4/21/15 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 4/22/15 at 7:23 am to crazyLSUfan
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During a game at Kingsport on August 31, 1957, Dalkowski struck out 24 Bluefield hitters in a single minor league game, yet lost 8–4. He had issued 18 walks, hit four batters, and threw six wild pitches. Dalkowski pitched a total of 62 innings in 1957, struck out 121 (averaging 18 strikeouts per game), but won only once because he walked 129 and threw 39 wild pitches.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 8:10 am to slackster
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Moving on the Northern League in 1958–59, he threw a one-hitter but lost 9–8 on the strength of 17 walks.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 8:13 am to Vicks Kennel Club
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the current record holder is Nolan Ryan, with a pitch clocked at 100.9 mph (162.4 km/h) in 1974, though the record has not been updated in many years and several pitchers have been recorded as having thrown faster. Earl Weaver, who had years of exposure to both pitchers, said, "He threw a lot faster than Ryan."[22]
Posted on 4/22/15 at 8:29 am to crazyLSUfan
Aroldis Chapman throws a lot faster than Nolan Ryan. I think Chapman has the most velocity ever, since it is by far the best we have on record.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 8:37 am to Vicks Kennel Club
If you read the wiki I linked you'd know they mentioned that.
This post was edited on 4/22/15 at 8:40 am
Posted on 4/22/15 at 8:50 am to crazyLSUfan
Not a single frick.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:17 am to crazyLSUfan
That's comical. Wouldn't a remotely sane coach tell a wild pitcher who throws 115 mph to maybe, just maybe, throw from the stretch and take a little off your pitches.
"I think you can survive throwing just 106 or 107."
"I think you can survive throwing just 106 or 107."
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:21 am to crazyLSUfan
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"He was said to have thrown a pitch that tore off part of a batter's ear, and some observers believed that this incident made Dalkowski even more nervous and contributed further to his wildness."
Braski would've just fed the ear part to his sperm.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:24 am to High C
start the thread son.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 10:09 am to crazyLSUfan
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During a game at Kingsport on August 31, 1957, Dalkowski struck out 24 Bluefield hitters in a single minor league game, yet lost 8–4. He had issued 18 walks, hit four batters, and threw six wild pitches. Dalkowski pitched a total of 62 innings in 1957, struck out 121 (averaging 18 strikeouts per game), but won only once because he walked 129 and threw 39 wild pitches.[4] Moving on the Northern League in 1958–59, he threw a one-hitter but lost 9–8 on the strength of 17 walks. In 1957–58, Dalkowski either struck out or walked almost three out of every four batters he faced.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 10:59 am to Jwho77
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Weaver had given all of the players an IQ test and discovered that Dalkowski had a lower than normal IQ.[13] Armed with this knowledge, Weaver believed he understood why Dalkowski had had such difficulty keeping his game under control: he did not have the mental capacity. Weaver kept things simple for Dalkowski, telling him to only throw the fastball and a slider, and to just aim the fastball down the middle of the plate. This allowed him to concentrate on just throwing the ball for strikes; Weaver knew that not only was his fastball practically unhittable no matter where it was in the strike zone, but that if Dalkowski missed his target, he might just end up throwing it on the corners for a strike anyway.[14]
Posted on 4/22/15 at 11:03 am to crazyLSUfan
Steve Dalkowski was a son of a bitch.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 11:58 am to tigerpimpbot
Did I ever tell you about the time Steve Dalkowski sold me into slavery?
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