I remember when a 100 MPH MLB pitch was a rare thing, not so much any more.

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I remember when a 100 MPH MLB pitch was a rare thing, not so much any more.

Author: LanceManion (8317 Posts - Joined: Jul 16, 2010)

Posted at 8:25 am on Jul 10, 2025

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Through the sheer size of the pitchers as well as biomechanics, a lot more guys hit or exceed 100 and some even in the 103-105 range. It's impressive to see, and doubly so live.

Get plunked in the melon with one of those and it's goodnight Sally.

I've gravitated to college sports a lot more of late, including baseball. Not necessarily because of the quality of play, but due to the unpredictability and the fact that all pro sports now feel the need to blast music the moment there is a break in the action. Whatever happened to going to a ballgame, pounding beers, and shooting the shit with your friends?

But, seeing Skobal and Skenes pitch back-to-back in a double header was good stuff.

Link: Bring the Heat

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Replies to: "I remember when a 100 MPH MLB pitch was a rare thing, not so much any more."

I remember when a 100 MPH MLB pitch was a rare thing, not so much any more. [LINK] - LanceManion - 8:25am 7/10/25 (13) [View All]
- Excellent post. You can throw it 103 but if there is no movement might as well be 90 [NT] - Frankx - 3:36pm 7/10/25
- Noticed this during the college World Series playoffs - Nigel Tufnel - 12:00pm 7/10/25
- watched a documentary that mentioned where the ball is clocked makes a huge difference in the actual - WestCoastIrishFan - 11:09am 7/10/25
  - Someone did a conversion of Nolan Ryan's peak fastball by today's standards. - jakers - 3:12pm 7/10/25
- I remember when pitchers finished games and had long careers - Curly1918 - 9:00am 7/10/25
  - i remember when dizzy & daffy dean (brothers) pitched all 7 games of the world series for st. louis. [NT] - und67 - 10:50am 7/10/25
    - I remember when you could watch a game on TV w/o all the insufferable commercials. - ELP - 4:42pm 7/10/25
    - A bit before my time but I did watch Denny McLain win 31 games and NO ONE will ever do that again [NT] [LINK] - Curly1918 - 11:25am 7/10/25
      - Who can forget Palmer, Cuellar, McNally and Dobson? - MarkHarman - 1:52pm 7/10/25
      - Yep, and you can even look more recently. - jakers - 11:41am 7/10/25
  - It might be fair to say that teams have better relievers now, though. - jakers - 10:44am 7/10/25
  - Yes! Billy Martin was famous partially for his pitchers going 9 innings. I remember he took the A's - THEISMANCARR - 10:25am 7/10/25
  - Load management in all sports dilutes the product. But the $$ is so large, hard to not do it. [NT] - LanceManion - 9:42am 7/10/25