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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Probably not real, but there's an anecdote about a hitter going down against Johnson on three straight called strikes, and complaining to the umpire that the third one sounded low.
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Wait, hold the presses...Peter, weren't you the one leading the argument that, back in the Mathewson - Johnson era, pitchers were throwing the equivalent of peewee baseball today? 75 mph isn't going to make any sound at all. And if that's the case, how then did "The Big Train" get that nickname?
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