Average fastball velos since 2008

Show that what Judge is doing is that much more impressive

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First, the "why don't these guys just put the bat on the ball!" crowd ignores this stuff.

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They probably also ignore infield defense getting better and better… this is why they’re trying to lift the ball. Ground balls don’t win, if they ever did

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Second, the old timers vastly overstating their velocity

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you mean like the people who think Nolan Ryan's fastball was actually 108 mph?

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And pitchers these days also do this lmao

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Really all you need to do is show an old timer any Mason Miller Padres outing and their jaw would hit the floor.

Literally doing so in this thread

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In the early 2000s, Stalker Radar Guns emerged

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stalked came out in 89 but ka band didnt come out until early 90s. which was the big jump in radar tech


edited to correct myself

speed gun was the original that tried to pick it up at home plate or within 10'. then jugs came out late 70s that measured like 10' from release, then stalker that measured at the hands

the new stalker guns give out the hand, at the plate(called roll down) and spin rate

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There are multiple posters on this board who claim pitchers threw just as hard in the 60s

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If Aroldis Chapman through a heater in the 1960s, they would've re-segregated baseball.

it's pretty hard to believe the average major league fastball in 2008 was 91mph.

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If Aroldis Chapman through a heater in the 1960s, they would've re-segregated baseball.

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