Ferrari Mailing List: Re: How fast did Bob Feller pitch...

[LtWacko (LtWacko]

There were no radar guns at that time, so nobody knows for sure.   However, 
they once tried to figure it out so they had a motorcycle going 100 mph  drive 
past him as he was releasing the ball.  They used a camera to see if  the 
release of the ball and the motorcycle were in sync.  The result was  that the 
ball passed the finish line before the motorcycle.
 
This from several of my business partners who are REAL baseball fans and  
also happen to know Bob Feller personally (they grew up as neighbors).
 
Rodney
 
 

 
In a message dated 9/11/2007 10:51:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

I will  check on the fighter ace story as well you needed to down 5 migs and 
I don't  remember him being one but will check it out 
And one of the reasons he  could hit 400 was they did not pitch as fast!


 



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