100 mph pitchers?

[Lofunzo]

i read an article on espn about this last year. it says that the two pitchers with the most fastballs over 100mph in 2003 were billy wagoner and bartolo colon.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/gammons/story?id=1659935

I find Colon hard to believe. He used to throw 98 MPH but has toned it down for more movement and control.

I remember when Billy Koch was still good he could hit 100 MPH. Its not really too great for a guy to be throwing that hard all the time though.

I was waiting for him to be mentioned. He used to gas it in there and then last year, it looked like he was throwing BP.

100 MPH thread and Wakefield is one of the only guys to be mentioned twice.........

I can barely hit 75 MPH so to get 100 is just amazing to me. It can't really be taught, and anybody with that kind of speed is like a 7 footer in basketball: they need ot be shown how to use skill on top of natural talent/God given ability.

I agree with the bolded statement in the context that you meant but I slightly disagree. Many pitchers, Clemens included, have had decent velocity but have been taught to use their entire body to maximize velocity. You can gain around 5-7 MPH (or more) if you use your legs properly. That's just an example.