I'm watching the Tigers-Yankees preseason game, and Joel Zumaya threw 107 according to one gun, and 103 according to the other.
There had to have been a malfunction? Arn't guns usually 2-3 MPH below the actual speed though? If so, the 107 can seem possible if the gun below labled a 103.But damn, 107?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (XxGhostxX @ Mar 30 2007, 12:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>There had to have been a malfunction? Arn't guns usually 2-3 MPH below the actual speed though? If so, the 107 can seem possible if the gun below labled a 103.But damn, 107?</div>Expect faster pitches from everyone. The new gun they are using measures the speed at which the ball leaves the player's hand. The old gun measured it when it was halfway to the plate, after it's lost a few MPH's. The really old gun they used back in the day measured the speed when it reached the plate.So a 103 this year, was a 101 or 100 last year.
Wouldn't surprise me Zumaya pitching that fast.I wanted to be pissed at my Yankees for getting owned by him last year, but I couldn't cause of the insane 103.
Speaking of 100+ pitchers. Brandon League has been having shoulder problems, he's now throwing below the 90's. And he's known for his 103 fastballs. Needless to say, he's been sent down to Syracuse to see if he can straighten his shit up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (XxGhostxX @ Mar 30 2007, 12:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Interesting, do you know what the fastest pitch ever recorded in an MLB game was?</div>Depends on who you ask. But most places I looked say 103 (Randy Johnson, Joel Zumaya, Robb Nen all tie for it).How ever the fastest pitch ever thrown in any setting (according to the Baseball Almanac) was John Smoltz who threw a pitch at a blazing 112 MPH while showing off for the fans at spring practice.HOWEVERAccording to the Guinness Book of World Records, which requires three seperate radar guns to clock the pitch in to qualify, the fastest pitch ever thrown in a game: Nolan Ryan holds the record at 100.9 MPH.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (XxGhostxX @ Mar 31 2007, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>112 MPH, holy.</div>shit
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (XxGhostxX @ Mar 31 2007, 06:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>112 MPH, holy.</div>That sounds about as realistic as someone running a 4.1 40 Yard Dash time.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Mar 31 2007, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (XxGhostxX @ Mar 31 2007, 06:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>112 MPH, holy.</div>That sounds about as realistic as someone running a 4.1 40 Yard Dash time. </div>Tye Hill ran a 4.17 40 yard dash in college. That's close enough.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Mar 31 2007, 11:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Mar 31 2007, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (XxGhostxX @ Mar 31 2007, 06:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>112 MPH, holy.</div>That sounds about as realistic as someone running a 4.1 40 Yard Dash time. </div>Tye Hill ran a 4.17 40 yard dash in college. That's close enough.</div>Yeah, which was hand timed by some trigger happy coach on a fast track. Hardly reliable at all, and not compareable circumstances to what someone would see on a surface like the NFL Combine.
4.17? I find that very, very hard to believe. And like Venom said, Stop watches arn't nearly as reliable as radar guns.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Mar 31 2007, 06:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'll leave it as if he could run a 4.1 40 Yard legit, he'd be competing in the Olympics. </div>It'd be 4.2 if you rounded it correctly.And Jacoby Ford (Clemson sophomore WR) ran a 4.13 40 yard dash last year. I don't know if that was on a track or football field. But I think it's reliable. He did it at the Army or something like that, and a lot of people had the stop watches.
