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Watch Tennessee Pitcher Throw 103.5 Miles Per Hour
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Making his Tennessee debut after missing all of 2021 recovering from Tommy John surgery, the Vols junior pitcher threw Ben Joyce threw a 103.5-mph fastball on Wednesday...
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Originally published on SECRant.com
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Serraneaux27 months
Get used to baws. 103 mph. Sit the fck down!
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SmelvinRat27 months
JR Richard says, "hold my beer"...
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DeafVallyBatnR27 months
then he had a stroke on the field at practice or warming up.
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Bearcat9027 months
Read a report that said 105 mph is the absolute limit for velocity. Anything above that will shatter bones unless they start modifying them surgically. Chapman for the Reds threw that hard. And commenter earlier mentioned the radar guns. Popular Mechanics had an article about this topic years ago and said modern guns give about +5 mph to all pitches during games because of where they are located at along with their design.
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DeafVallyBatnR27 months
Did he do this last year or was he just holding back.
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NorthPark27 months
105 is not the absolute limit but the faster you throw the more dangerous it is to the batter. That is two separate but distinct facts.
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PeleofAnalytics27 months
The article he is talking about was in Popular Mechanics and said 105 is "testing the limits" of torque the elbow can take/create. But like he says, the radar guns may be a bit off. The UCL can only withstand so much. Everybody's is made of the same stuff and the article states that throwing at 105 is on par with having a 60lb weight hanging off of your hand at that awkward cocked position. There is most definitely a limit to how fast you can throw a ball unless you start finding ways to increase the amount of torque a UCL can take.
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TigerB827 months
Ben McDonald could get up over 100. Miss watching him pitch.
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summersausage27 months
Guns are Definitely not the same. Ask Randy Johnson.
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Pistols Firing 1227 months
Impressive. But his 4 seam looks flat. Major league hitters will be all over it
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PeepNCroom27 months
Gardenhosser get in there
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LesnarF527 months
frick Tennessee.
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Bucktail127 months
BS...that gun is off
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HC8727 months
Initially I thought the same, but watching them wave at it....he's bringing it and seems to be effortless.
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Bayoubred27 months
Multimillion dollar arm waiting to happen. Bet he's already a chick magnet...
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GumboPot27 months
Damn.
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GroundPati27 months
yep … Damn, I see that too
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