"Fastball"
An excellent 2016 documentary about the "fastball", especially if you're a baseball fan. You gotta watch it all. It gets better at the end.
"Current and former baseball players Hank Aaron, Derek Jeter, Bob Gibson, George Brett, Johnny Bench, Justin Verlander, David Price and others discuss the art of throwing and hitting the fastball."
Walter "The Big Train" Johnson.
Ty Cobb said that, "His fast ball traveled so fast, that it hissed like a train as it went by".
Pic of the device used at the Remington Armory in their Ballistic Range to measure the velocity of Walter Johnson's fastball in 1912. It was clocked at 122 ft/sec, or 83.2 mph.
First time in recorded history that it had ever been measured.
Walter Johnson was crowned, "The Fastest Pitcher of All -Time".
Link:
Its also on amazon prime for free w/ads.
An excellent 2016 documentary about the "fastball", especially if you're a baseball fan. You gotta watch it all. It gets better at the end.
"Current and former baseball players Hank Aaron, Derek Jeter, Bob Gibson, George Brett, Johnny Bench, Justin Verlander, David Price and others discuss the art of throwing and hitting the fastball."
Walter "The Big Train" Johnson.
Ty Cobb said that, "His fast ball traveled so fast, that it hissed like a train as it went by".
Pic of the device used at the Remington Armory in their Ballistic Range to measure the velocity of Walter Johnson's fastball in 1912. It was clocked at 122 ft/sec, or 83.2 mph.
First time in recorded history that it had ever been measured.
Walter Johnson was crowned, "The Fastest Pitcher of All -Time".
Link:
Its also on amazon prime for free w/ads.
