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04-25-2012, 04:02 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2000
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Even at age 49, MLB pitcher throws faster than you do
Haha, Moyer is awesome!
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04-25-2012, 04:03 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jun 2000
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He's a professional pitcher...of course he does.
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04-25-2012, 04:14 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Captain Obvious is here to save us.
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04-25-2012, 04:16 PM
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Location: San Jose, USA
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Some dude that's younger than me, and is a professional pitcher can pitch faster than me? Shocking! 
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04-25-2012, 04:19 PM
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Repost
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Lonely HeatWare
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04-25-2012, 04:20 PM
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No Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Bay Area
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My mind is fucking blown.
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04-25-2012, 04:21 PM
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That feat got under the skin of Gary Sharp, promotions wizard of the minor league Fort Myers Miracle, who offered fans a free ticket if they topped Moyer's heater. He discovered that none of the 85 people who risked a dollar for three tries could beat Moyer's speed. One 20-something dropped $50 trying. "His buddies that were with him were heckling him pretty good that he couldn't throw harder than a 49-year-old man," Sharp laughed.
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Damn thrill seeking, risk takers blowing their Micky D's dollar menu bounty on this fool's errand!
Jamie Moyer > you! 
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04-25-2012, 04:24 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Denver, CO
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Go Roxx!
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04-25-2012, 04:31 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Feb 2007
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I would wager every dollar on Earth that every pitcher in the MLB can throw faster than me.
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04-25-2012, 04:58 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Forest Grove, Oregon
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LOL, I thought EVERYONE thinks they can throw faster than Moyer...my mystake. 
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04-25-2012, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: ON, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Atomic Playboy
I would wager every dollar on Earth that every player in the MLB can throw faster than me.
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fixed for me
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04-25-2012, 06:33 PM
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This is bullshit!
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04-25-2012, 06:34 PM
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Diamond Member
Join Date: Mar 2005
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what if i'm driving a car with the ball in the passenger seat? does that count?
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04-25-2012, 06:46 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: It's turtles all the way down!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbV5
LOL, I thought EVERYONE thinks they can throw faster than Moyer...my mystake. |
If 78MPH is the fastest he is capable of throwing this year, I'd wager anyone who is younger and has professionally trained, probably CAN throw faster. 
But not a pro or years out of baseball? Good luck unless you build up your rotational abilities again (or keep that arm finely tuned )
Even the youngest and most fit, probably can't top 65-70 (on average) without a lot of training and muscle/tendon/ligament development.
Damn good arm for someone nearly 50!
I couldn't throw faster. And if I tried, I require everyone to remove themselves and all valuables from within a 50ft range of the "target".
I can throw hard, or I can throw accurate (and some strange combination of accuracy/hardness for throwing from way out deep in the park)... but rarely can you ask me to throw heaters and expect it to arrive within reach of your current position.
[I love playing baseball. I rarely can say the same thing about watching it - on occasion, it's great, but after a few times a year I'm done, unless its live and beer is involved]
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04-25-2012, 06:49 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2007
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78mph fastball? what's his changeup? 30?
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04-25-2012, 06:50 PM
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as he should, he's been practicing a lot longer than I have.
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04-25-2012, 06:57 PM
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Lifer
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: It's turtles all the way down!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlahBlahYouToo
78mph fastball? what's his changeup? 30?
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That has got to require remarkable patience on the plate.
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