tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post1956880093684344282..comments2023-06-17T08:53:42.643-04:00Comments on ShysterBall: Predicting the FutureCraig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-82326476722086898052008-06-25T18:12:00.000-04:002008-06-25T18:12:00.000-04:00There's a link here to a list of ~40 pitchers who ...There's a link here to a list of ~40 pitchers who have thrown 100 MPH fastballs in a MLB game in their lifetimes.<BR/><BR/>http://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/fastest-pitcher-in-baseball.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-27798068534449080392008-06-25T17:18:00.000-04:002008-06-25T17:18:00.000-04:00I recall reading the same bit of research about cr...I recall reading the same bit of research about cricket, ooh, ages ago. Ten years at least. Essentially saying that batsmen have to premeditate to some extent.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if these scientists could have saved their time and someone else's research funding by reading the cricket study and saying "baseball is presumably the same".Loztraliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633046859547233889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-9678333713403038832008-06-25T16:39:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:39:00.000-04:00No, dumbass. It boils down to "and that happened"...No, dumbass. It boils down to "and that happened"<BR/><BR/>:PJason @ IIATMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675184282951841175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-79796491841617496002008-06-25T16:00:00.000-04:002008-06-25T16:00:00.000-04:00Ugh. and by "how the ball works," I obviously mea...Ugh. and by "how the ball works," I obviously meant, "how the brain works," but by the time I realized my mistake, I had clicked Publish. Apparently my future predicting skills are bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-16364244856581352642008-06-25T15:59:00.000-04:002008-06-25T15:59:00.000-04:00It's cool because of the insight into how the ball...It's cool because of the insight into how the ball works, not because of it insight into how baseball works :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-76696767602099526692008-06-25T15:02:00.000-04:002008-06-25T15:02:00.000-04:00Isn't this already common knowledge, more or less?...Isn't this already common knowledge, more or less? Drew's accurate comment notwithstanding, every hitter has to project to where he expects or anticipates the ball will be, based on a limited glimpse of its trajectory, when his bat is swung over the plate. You see, kids, this is why hitters will swing at and miss well-thrown change-ups, especially after seeing several fastballs. Obviously you all know this already.<BR/><BR/>I'm not missing something earth-shattering here, am I?tadthebadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850610376839190688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-24713106454118545542008-06-25T14:41:00.000-04:002008-06-25T14:41:00.000-04:00It's probably worth mentioning that the count of p...It's probably worth mentioning that the count of pitchers who actually throw a ball 100 miles an hour in the major leagues right now is approximately zero. I'm not sure if Zumaya has his 100 MPH gas since he's come back, but he's the only guy I've known who could hit it in the past couple of years. Either way, the average fastball in the bigs is substantially slower than 100 MPH, and indeed, most hitters have a hard time with a guy throwing 100. Then of course, there's the fact that the ball is not a "point" and the bat is not a "line", so a margin of error is involved when you try to hit something, and your swing spends more than an instant in the strike zone. I didn't read the whole article, but these are the kinds of things that tend to be overlooked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com