Comments on: Pedro Meets The Yankees Again http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/ Daily baseball statistical analysis and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Diamond Felsenthal http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-1387429 Diamond Felsenthal Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:16:52 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-1387429 Sometimes seeing another person's point of light enlighten my very own vision. I'm not going to going to say what everybody else has already stated, however i must say, I cant believe how a lot of this I just wasnt aware of .Thank you for publishing more info to this matter for us. Sometimes seeing another person’s point of light enlighten my very own vision. I’m not going to going to say what everybody else has already stated, however i must say, I cant believe how a lot of this I just wasnt aware of .Thank you for publishing more info to this matter for us.

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]]> By: Rob A from BBD http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-104763 Rob A from BBD Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:21:16 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-104763 I'm just so glad that the Yankees are facing Pedro in the World Series. The rivalry with him is so much fun and at 38 I really don't fear him anymore. I’m just so glad that the Yankees are facing Pedro in the World Series. The rivalry with him is so much fun and at 38 I really don’t fear him anymore.

]]> By: Steve http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-104458 Steve Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:50:10 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-104458 Clemens didn't have a high powered fastball for his whole career. By 1995 and 1996, he mostly around 90-93, sometimes topping out at 92. Then lo and behold, he starts hitting the upper nineties again in 1997. I mean, who couldn't have seen that coming? That kind of velocity jump from a pitcher in his mid-30s happens on the time. Naturally, he was still hitting 99 on the gun during the 2001 World Series. Clemens didn’t have a high powered fastball for his whole career. By 1995 and 1996, he mostly around 90-93, sometimes topping out at 92. Then lo and behold, he starts hitting the upper nineties again in 1997. I mean, who couldn’t have seen that coming? That kind of velocity jump from a pitcher in his mid-30s happens on the time. Naturally, he was still hitting 99 on the gun during the 2001 World Series.

]]> By: Jason J http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-104456 Jason J Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:30:17 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-104456 Pedro's fastball was sicc in his legendary seasons. As was his curveball and changeup. It was an unreal and unfair combination. Pedro’s fastball was sicc in his legendary seasons. As was his curveball and changeup. It was an unreal and unfair combination.

]]> By: Tom B http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-104413 Tom B Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:01:45 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-104413 when was the last time he threw a pitch 98mph... 2001? when was the last time he threw a pitch 98mph… 2001?

]]> By: Steve http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-104407 Steve Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:23:47 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-104407 Pedro didn't have an ethereal fastball? What? You must not have seen him pitch many times. Before he hurt his shoulder, he could sit in the mid-90s. He topped out at 98 or so and it had great life. He had some of the greatest seasons of all time not only because of command and changing speeds but because he had three plus-plus pitches. Pedro didn’t have an ethereal fastball? What? You must not have seen him pitch many times. Before he hurt his shoulder, he could sit in the mid-90s. He topped out at 98 or so and it had great life. He had some of the greatest seasons of all time not only because of command and changing speeds but because he had three plus-plus pitches.

]]> By: Tom B http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-104390 Tom B Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:23:45 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-104390 you can absolutely "trust" the guns. The ball looked like "smoke" because it's this little wiry guy with smooth mechanics that makes the fastball look faster. you can absolutely “trust” the guns. The ball looked like “smoke” because it’s this little wiry guy with smooth mechanics that makes the fastball look faster.

]]> By: Rob in CT http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/pedro-meets-the-yankees-again/#comment-104385 Rob in CT Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:44:49 +0000 http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/?p=10768#comment-104385 I remember watching Pedro in his prime with the Sox, and I recall a guy with an "electric" fastball. I know you can't trust stadium radar guns, but the batters told me what I needed to know. Pedro threw smoke. The guns had him sitting in the mid 90s and cranking it up to 97-98 when he needed to. Ok, take a couple of mph off that. Say he sat 93 and hit 95-96 when needed. That would still put him in the elite, wouldn't it? Add in the change and what I thought was a power curve or slurve of some sort, and he was just about unhittable. By 2004, he'd lost a bit of velocity, sure, but no way was he sitting under 90mph. I remember watching Pedro in his prime with the Sox, and I recall a guy with an “electric” fastball. I know you can’t trust stadium radar guns, but the batters told me what I needed to know. Pedro threw smoke. The guns had him sitting in the mid 90s and cranking it up to 97-98 when he needed to. Ok, take a couple of mph off that. Say he sat 93 and hit 95-96 when needed. That would still put him in the elite, wouldn’t it?

Add in the change and what I thought was a power curve or slurve of some sort, and he was just about unhittable. By 2004, he’d lost a bit of velocity, sure, but no way was he sitting under 90mph.

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