Posted by: Teacherman () on Sun Jan 19 09:31:01 2003

Thank you.I mean Gibson, Kofax, Feller, Carlton..the .list goes on and on. How fast were those guys throwing?

Ok. You've named a few good ones. Now in that era, check out the speeds of the #2,#3,#4 and/or #5 pitchers in there rotations. Normally a big drop off, although some of them were good pitchers (location, change of speed, breaking ball) etc. Now check the #2, #3, #4, #5 of todays pitching staffs. The vast majority hit 90 or higher. For that matter, you can hardly get drafted if you don't throw 90 or at least projected to be able to.