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dyhb
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17690 Posts
I 100% agree with Jim Rome... Here is my favourite baseball team these days... 30 minutes from 3 border crossings into the Great White North.  there was some yap in the USA politics thread about how impossible it is to throw 80MPH off of a mound. Compared to the world wide population that might be true. In the USA the average high school varsity pitcher who is 16.75 years old throws at 80MPH. This was also true in 2005 when I peaked as a pitcher. There are 16,600 varsity teams in the USA. Each team has 5 or more pitchers. In 2005, when i was the 3rd best pitcher on my average varsity level baseball team and threw at 80MPH I was probably the 60,000th best varsity level pitcher in all of North America. Impressive stuff eh? And, I'll add to my previous comment about how easy it is to throw at 80mph off of a mound.. Any 35 year old over 6 feet tall with 5 years of organized baseball experience can learn how to throw at 80mph after 1 year of strength, FLEXIBILITY, and velocity training. Ankle flexibility is key. So, I don't think throwing at 80 MPH is much of a brag for any male over six feet tall. I guess if you're a 5'5" female living in upper boldovia it might be amazing. | ||
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