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ProfessorGAC

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3. That Story Is Brought Up...

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Sun Apr 16, 2023, 06:36 PM

Apr 2023

...in Ken Burns' Baseball. It's in The Second Inning.
There's a great recited quote of Cobb describing his first experience with Johnson.
He referred to the sound of the pitch as a "ominous hiss".
Either he or Smoky Joe Wood were the fastest pitchers of that era.
Johnson was a sidearm pitcher too. In that same episode there are films of him throwing. Looks relaxed and comfortable but experts estimate be was throwing over 90.
Compared to the rest of baseball it would be like a guy throwing 105 today!

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OTOH, there's always Bob Feller . . . . hatrack Apr 2023 #1

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That Story Is Brought Up... ProfessorGAC Apr 2023 #3