You'll find this hysterical, Divi Tiberio, but in checking through some of the research for earlier posts I saw a reference to an opinion by doctors that no human could throw much in excess of 100 MPH because the tendons and ligaments would snap. Obviously that would be news to Hicks and Chapman but the rash of "Tommy John" surgeries suggests that mere mortals are having a problem sustaining speeds in excess of 90mph. Pitchers are babied today.
I was just a kid when this game was played but I still remember it.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23576938/p...-spahn-era
Marichal and Spahn threw over 420 pitches between them that day. Not mentioned in the story is the part where Giants' manager, Alvin Dark asked Marichal if he wanted to come out of the game. Marichal replied, "I'm not coming out until that old man comes out."
I was just a kid when this game was played but I still remember it.
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_23576938/p...-spahn-era
Marichal and Spahn threw over 420 pitches between them that day. Not mentioned in the story is the part where Giants' manager, Alvin Dark asked Marichal if he wanted to come out of the game. Marichal replied, "I'm not coming out until that old man comes out."
