Jonathan Broxton's freeway speeding?

by Yakker on Jun 12, 2007 1:21 PM EDT

Metaphorically, of course.

Did my eyes deceive me, or did Brox really hit 101 on the gun last night during LoDuca's AB?

It looked like (I was on the phone with the GF, so I didn't hear what Scully said), Brox hit 101 with a fastball, and then 97 on a slider, later in the AB. A 97 mph slider? Is this even possible?? I'm guessing it was the splitter, but it looked an awful lot like a ridiculously-unhittable slider.

Anyway, don't know if anyone caught the AB, but all I can say is "Wow."

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what i saw

saw 96-98 FB last night but have seen him hit 101 in the past. i think scully was fooled and called a fastball a slider because it had good movement. his slider is usually 87-89 sometimes a tick or two higher.

by taggartd on Jun 12, 2007 2:29 PM EDT reply actions

explosion in radar gun readings

how much credence is there to the theory that ballparks (and of course Fox) are maybe, uh, boosting some readings? I know Aaron Heilman wasn't hitting 97 earlier this year.
New MLB motto:
Chicks dig the three digits?

by waka25 on Jun 12, 2007 2:54 PM EDT reply actions

i could see why they'd do that

but it doesn't bode well for at last one white sox pitcher. as i mentioned in a diary from saturday, dewon day's fastball consistently sat at 82-83. that according to the cell's radar gun. he hit 87 one time. otherwise never faster than 83. and lidge hit 96, jenks hit 95...i always thought jenks threw harder than that.

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by huckleberry on Jun 12, 2007 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

I've also been

thinking this could be the case. Or maybe it's just that the gun operators aim differently now, whether that's some MLB/Fox directive or not.

But it really does seem like the velocity's been going up.

by Yakker on Jun 12, 2007 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions

when they left broxton's hand.

http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2007/month_06/day_11/gid_2007_06_11_nynmlb_lanmlb_1/inni ng/inning_8.xml

by jpahk on Jun 12, 2007 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks

That is really F'in cool.

They were definitely reporting the speeds as higher than this on TV, though.

by Yakker on Jun 12, 2007 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions

enhanced gameday is awesome

by jpahk on Jun 12, 2007 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions

Revved up guns

I can't remember if it was FOX or ESPN, but I saw where Zumaya hit 107 on their gun, so yeah... I think we should take any anomalous readings such as this with a huge grain of salt.

by aCone419 on Jun 12, 2007 5:10 PM EDT reply actions