which olympic event(s) should be eliminated ?

[KoriEllis]

It's actually lower than 90. I think the world record is around 118-120 KM per hour. Which is less than 75 MPH.

[Taz1]

all i know is that when we played in the tournament circuit, back in the late 80s, and on into the mid 90s, there were several pitchers from foreign countries such as the ones i mentioned earlier, i.e. canada, new zealand, australia, and, of course the united states that were "timed" with those radar guns, "juggs", and the scouts for the pan american games were the ones doing the timing, and they would routinely show us the speeds of some of these pitchers, and i, vividly remember seeing these speeds, with the highest speed i ever witnessed was 115 mph, and this pitcher came from australia !

another thing that i was amazed at, when you see these pitchers was that their forearms were so much different in size (with their pitching forearm being so much larger) it was absolutely astonishing !

i swear, their pitching forearm was, typically twice the size of their non-pitching forearm !

[Taz1]

p.s.

iill, who ever said that fast pitch softball was easy ?

also, i can pitch fast pitch softball, albeit not as fast as these pitchers that i mentioned earlier, but i did pitch several games, when our pitchers were either tired, or we had quite a substantial lead !

i was never timed, but if i was, i would have said that i, probably threw in the area of about anywhere from 50 mph - 75 mph, depending on the pitch, of course !

my favorite was the riser, as i consistently got the batters to fall for the change in levels of delivery !

[Taz1]

...and ill become his agent and have a MLB team sign him to a 15 million dollar contract.

t park ... when u see these guys throw "overhand", i guarantee that you'll never find a team willing to sign them, period !

when they field a batted ball, such as a bunt, chopper back to the pitcher, etc., they won't even throw it to 1st overhand, and are forced to throw it underhand, due to the fact that they are more accurate throwing it underhand !

remember ... the baselines are at least 30% shorter, in softball that they are in the major leagues !

[iminlakerland]

I guarantee you it wasnt MPH...

[KoriEllis]

The fastest female pitcher clocked was Mic e Grainger (USA '96 Olympic Team) at 72 mph.

The fastest male pitcher that clocked was in 1980 at the ISF World in Tacoma, WA. Canada's Gene McWillie (Saskatoon) was supposedly clocked at 84 mph.




The MPH you saw must have been KPH.

[Jimcs50]

I played fast pitch softball and men's baseball and fast pitch softball is a faster game because of the shorter pitching distance( around 17 ft) and the shorter distances between bases, softball is generally a faster game. So even though the ball is traveling 70- 75 mph instead of 80-90 mph, your reaction time has to be faster in softball.

[iminlakerland]

yes yes thank you jimcs...

I think thats the reason why i hated playing in the infield. Leave me out there at center or left field!

I remember in practice once i took a grounder right to the neck! I hated playing infield after that.

[Alamo Spurs Fan]

If they add foosball and do NOT add skeeball, I will be HIGHLY pissed...

[SpursWoman]

, if they add Skeeball, I'm in like Flint. 2

[DuffMcCartney]

SW....it's Skeeball...not Skeetball...:shock

[Taz1]

The fastest male pitcher that clocked was in 1980 at the ISF World in Tacoma, WA, Canada's Gene McWillie (Saskatoon) was supposedly clocked at 84 mph.

uh ...

o, mcfly, o !

i said that these pitchers that were from australia, canada & new zealand, and the usa, as well were in the time frame from the late 80s to the mid 90s !

you don't think that with the training and technology since 1980, that some pitcher will be able to top 84 mph ?

, what were they running the 100 meters at back then, 10.25 - allan wells, from great britain, and in 1996 the 100 meters was won by donovan bailey, with a world record time of 9.84 !!!

come on, now, people ... think !!!

p.s. ... in case you haven't heard, we are in the year 2004 !

[Taz1]

... fast pitch softball is a faster game because of the shorter pitching distance( around 17 ft) and the shorter distances between bases, softball is generally a faster game.

no offense intended, but you played the game ?

and you think the distance between the pitcher's rubber & home plate is only 17' ?

here's something to contradict your claim that you, actually played the game of men's fastpitch softball :

www.olympicsp.com/en/Dime...ftball.htm

seventeen feet ... that's only a little over 5 yards !?!?!?

maybe you meant seventeen yards, which comes a little closer, around 51' ?

[KoriEllis]

Umm.. dumb ass, that article I took it from was written 2 months ago.

The 1980 record still stands.

Just because you have been proven to have been LYING or completely confused about regularly seeing softball pitchers throwing nearly 115MPH, don't come here with your ed up at ude.

Be careful ... you never know, other things about you might ACCIDENTally get exposed.

[Taz1]

I guarantee you it wasn't MPH...

show me a "juggs" radar gun that measures in something other than mph !

[timvp]

Read here for the MPH and KPH models.

[herbivorefemale]

all i know is

translation = my immense exagerration has been called out and i'm going to have to revert back to some imaginary, hazy scenario

look taz, you are obviously wrong.

kori just served your ass to .

whatever you saw wasn't mph.

the longer you stick with it, the more you look like whott (an ass)

we all know it was a lie, a gross exagerration, however you want to term it to make yourself feel better...so just back down and get off your little al bundy high school glory day mode.

and if you really want to get down to physics to prove you are lying...it would be physically impossible for a softball to reach as great a speed as a baseball at it's fastest peak. overhand greats greater force and the softball has much more resistance.

you are one dumb mother er.

next time claim something that COULD happen.

you know like you flew to the moon yesterday or something.

not i swear there were these guys with big arms, and i looked at something and it said 115 and all i know is that i was playing softball and i used to watch them and they threw hard.

your stupid ass has been :served

AGAIN.

[tlongII]

Perhaps the radar gun Taz is referring to was made in France?
OOH LA LA!

[KoriEllis]

Look, one of the top men's softball pitchers in the world was unofficially clocked at 86 MPH.

prov.ca/ins ution/eye_w...ftball.asp

Taz and his friends must have Angels in the Outfield or broken arms with bionic power like in Rookie of the Year.

Call Guiness and get your 115 MPH asses in the record books.

[iminlakerland]

Him now...

[Useruser666]

Taz,

Did the pitcher have a racket in his hands and was the ball yellow? Was the baseball field rectangular?

Useruser666 :eyebrow

[SAmikeyp]

Yes Taz because MPH is the only measurement for speed in the whole world.

To quote Mr. Scott "Yah cannot change tha laws of Physics"

[Jimcs50]

no offense intended, but you played the game ?

and you think the distance between the pitcher's rubber & home plate is only 17' ?

here's something to contradict your claim that you, actually played the game of men's fastpitch softball :

Duh, I said it was about 17 ft closer, not 17 ft.

[Alamo Spurs Fan]

After this thread, I vote that we add "Making Taz look like a flaming dip " as the next Olympic sport.