Sport Science: Aroldis Chapman

[@crewkid52]

Moral of the story: you see him wind up, start swingin'

[@GraduatedIn]

don't swing around your body. it gonna be a ground ball. pop the bat up after you have the bat pointing in front of you. it'll make a fly ball.

[@kaodinnaonwumechili5724]

Then he throws an eephus.

[@Memorex996]

Kapdinna, so like 90mph?

[@bigbomber5]

Against him you have to make your mind up if you are swinging or not before the pitch is even thrown

[@shak4amir]

facts lmao

[@medogerty6013]

rob lucci You have to do that cuz you’re never gonna know whether to hit it or not otherwise

[@dhigssgkhkd7512]

Know your count i guess

[@willowandluka5302]

So if he doesn’t throw exactly where the catcher tells him to throw, the catcher is basically screwed

[@Gourmark]

Or batter if it gets away

[@heyyou4688]

Truth

[@unclephillymya]

pretty much dead lol

[@youngchubby7764]

Happened to me in HS with Pitcher that plays at costal Carolina. I called a curveball in the dirt and he threw a fast ball up and away. Nailed the umpire lol

[@Ron_Plays635]

even worse if it hits the catcher's thingy (where you put a cup but i didn't say it for reasons)

[@rigelgutierrez9866]

Just imagine if he ever throws a bottle in a bar fight.

[@marcel9836]

Imagine him throwing an actual hand dude

[@ErichLRuehs]

The good news is, the poor bastard getting hit wouldn't feel a thing. That's the way I want to go

[@5quid_kidd5]

death.

[@hotstickystuff8708]

Insta kill

[@Dom901_]

Imagine imagining

[@_shawarmaman_3678]

Well Rajai Davis made one hell of a good decision.

[@moneybaggs3976]

Doorknob Tramp THE CLEVLAND INDIANS BLEW 3-1 LEAD

[@WeiJie_Chen]

_Shawarmaman _ And 2017 Chapman shut down Indians^^

[@Hunter-wc5hr]

@@moneybaggs3976 they know, it's ok, they know, you don't need to rub it in

[@josephthibodaux6033]

🤣🤣

[@zacheray]

He provides the velocity, just place the bat out, and also helps when my Tribe doesn’t choke.. they had it in the bag. Ah well.

[@thesmokinsalmon]

He threw 104.7mph last night . This video is 12 years old. Sheeeeesh

[@arijua]

I came to say this hehehe. Chapman is a beast!

[@thehierophant1314]

he should be given a fine for driving it above the speed limit. Dude just imagine, he could be hunting pheasants on weekends with no gun with that kind of arm. Just bam! and he has lunch.

[@domcha131]

I went to the Reds/Cubs game yesterday and damn. His abilities tripped me out. I'm honestly not a team sports fan, I love Boxing and MMA. When he stepped out on the field, you could see he was like in this deep state of Zen. His concentration was amazing!

[@cristian.m9798]

Are you alive in the middle of 2021 ?? 😂

[@ViktorCarlMallory]

man imagine getting hit by a ball moving that fast

[@bob123789456]

i.e. imagine dying

[@windwhispersmary]

***** , you're a psychic. Can you tell me your March Madness bracket picks? I'm trying to win Warren Buffett's $$$

[@aarondodd2967]

I did...I just got hurt thinking about it...

[@meltedbutters9821]

there was a batter who got hit by chapman's 103 mph and he looks like he is okay but on the inside he is screaming

[@lchang1326]

@@meltedbutters9821 You mean Anthony Rizzo?

[@omarmicolta4159]

If u get hit with that R.I.P

[@matty2quick259]

just a broken bone not bad but it depends were you get hit tho

[@mr.macoroni4481]

+Matthew Quick if u get hit with that, then its gonna give u WAY more than a broken bone

[@jacobwillis4299]

+Mr.Macoroni what's worse then a broken bone? Is the ball going to go through you?

[@crazygamingindustries7734]

+Jacob Willis you have a good point

[@daleftuprightatsoldierfield]

Scott Sterling has nightmares about that pitch

[@pedrorendon9390]

I'm just mind boggled by the fact that from stretch to launching he actually hits in or within the strike zone. Anyone who tries to throw something really hard will throw it fast but usually be off target.

[@LordBurger]

well thats not necessarily true, they key is keeping your head still and eyes on the target. most people pull their head when they throw hard which is why people say throwing harder decreases command

[@zarcolite2941]

@@LordBurger yeah but things is, when youre pitching at 101+ mph, the ball is extremely hard to control

[@NoName-bh4pf]

can you imagine him on steroids?

[@colinmcleod9590]

He's probably on roids

[@Decetop]

陳緯倢 not sure if you're aware of the video you're watching but they're literally telling you how his mechanics result in him throwing so fast. Just letting you know.

[@Decetop]

He doesn't really have a Steroid body imo. He's way too lanky. Dude is 6'4" and like 210 pounds. If you look at the biggest steroid users, they're all gigantic. Barry, McGuire, Ortiz (all "allegedly") were huge. Even A Rod weighed 230+. I just don't see it.

[@WeiJie_Chen]

Decetop I just want to say , Chapman is the beast ⊙ω⊙

[@SFAviation]

NoName omg

[@longdong3]

0:31 bruh his arm😭

[@pistolpete6796]

Cole Perry that’s how he throw s

[@stephenvance4867]

That's basically every pitcher, though maybe not quite that much rotation. That motion is why pitchers blow out their elbows and wind up getting Tommy John surgery. It's also why not just anyone can go out and pitch at the major league level.

[@muffinpuncher1913]

Cole Perry ii

[@mathstm3839]

Oof

[@bager9224]

Cole Perry lle

[@cesarjimenez3182]

this dude is one of the reasons I'm proud if being cuban

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

"hardest throwing individual that's ever been on this planet"??? It's a big planet out there, Tom. Let's keep looking.

[@IrvDollarzZgAow]

he said ''you MAYBE looking at one of the hardest throwing individuals that's ever been on this planet'' you simpleton..

[@tonywilliams1567]

By the way, it is Tom House, not Howes as mentioned in the introduction.

[@hughsullivan9663]

If anyone else could throw that hard they would probably be heard of by now. The only person I know of who can throw almost as hard is a pitcher who was recently called up by I think the white sox

[@thebeastmaster3453]

The Borat Jordan hicks can

[@calebethebeast5254]

The Beastmaster not anymore😂

[@Grannyknockers]

How does he have CC Sabathias upper body? he's lanky and sabathia looks like a whiskey barrel

[@troublemakers23]

Form dumbass

[@Grannyknockers]

you clearly don't know anything about baseball, dumbass. The only similarity in their deliveries is that they are both lefty.

[@jamallouis1138]

Lance Hedges lol

[@evolvedrm]

Lance Hedges are you stupid or something?

[@Grannyknockers]

Daniel Maguire watch both of their deliveries in slow motion then come back and tell me you see any similarity. Spoiler alert: there aren't any

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

Everyone, check out the documentary on Netflix called "Fastball". Apparently, in today's game, they measure pitch speed 50 ft from home plate but back in Nolan Ryan's day, it was done I think 10 ft in front of home plate. In the documentary, the adjust of this and if Ryan's pitch had been clocked at the same distance as Chapman's 105.1 mph missle, Ryan's would've been about 108.6 mph.

[@MilGrip76]

Validates my memory! I recall Ryan doing 106 televized.

[@heyitzryan5733]

Did you really just say they measure from 10ft in Nolan Ryan's day?!?!? Wtf kind of world are you in!

[@ethanmichiels5870]

+HeyItzRyan WHAT KIND OF WORLD ARE YOU IN???!!!!! That's what they did so calm down

[@MrElis420]

HeyItzRyan obviously has no idea what he's talking about lol, they DID measure fastballs 10 ft from home plate in the 70's. Today, they do it 50 ft from home, at the balls maximum velocity, so yeah Nolan Ryan could have easily thrown a faster pitch than was actually recorded at the time.

[@studyeye]

You are a very precocious young man

[@earthshaker1214]

wow, imagine getting hit by a 105 mph fastball anywhere in your body.

[@JaydonTobler]

You mean; imagine dying?

[@TheHuskyK9]

In the balls

[@timstephens5893]

2 balls and 1 yike!

[@tone5476]

Try it at a batting cage..

[@biblicalmotivation_7]

Looking back 4 years later after seeing this video, I understand it so so much better, amazing vid

[@lucho3410]

Funny thing is i was always taught to never drop my arm behind my back when pitching only to now find out i could've possibly been throwing 93mph (still not good enough for a right hander)

[@nickmarshall5328]

Kyle Hendricks' sinker averages 87 mph. His 4-seamer is only 89 mph.

[@NAT-turners-Revenge]

Movement+ location + secondary pitches matters more

[@junhyunglee6744]

Throwing like what he does is extremely hard. stride over 100% of height and 12 feet in front of my feet is just undoable for me. Doing it faster is another problem but that body positioning itself is already a troublesome

[@aidana3761]

throwing 100% of stride is tough but with work I can get 96-7% for my stride.

[@thyoon1958]

agree

[@muhammadputera6593]

@@aidana3761 congratulations.

[@federalfinder]

So true, the guy's pretty much a gymnast on the mound.

[@mikkelhansen2030]

Some of the best handballers in the world (european sport) can shoot a handball up to 130km/h ( 80 mph). Now, the handball is 3 times heavier than baseball, and has about 3-4 times bigger diameter (much greater air resistance). I think these guys can easily throw a baseball 100p mph with very little training.

[@jonathanamato3513]

To be able to throw like that is a gift. No matter how much you work on it, you'll never be able to do that. Sometimes it's just luck. My coach topped at 98 on the gun. He told us that not only did he work his ass off to do that, but he had some luck. His buddy worked his ass off just as hard and he can only top at like 92

[@willowandluka5302]

I threw 65 mph and I couldn’t keep it in the strike zone

[@joejackson9986]

No shit. Same here. And that was at about 40 mph. Lol

[@user-be9fd2oo3o]

That sound about avg ppl. I did 63

[@penguinjp3693]

@@crazyjunglecat894 ok

[@RayQns]

@@crazyjunglecat894 good for you! Don’t blow out your arm, and also stop lying

[@RayQns]

@@crazyjunglecat894 you would already be playing in little league World Series if you could throw that fast, 16 year olds pitch that fast

[@RAtMW88]

This video is 11 yrs old. My gosh, I didn't even realize Chapman played then. Time flies chaps, savor it.

[@MaxiMorrow1]

Agreed, in the all-star game yesterday, he unloaded a few 101's, maybe a 102

[@stevec6965]

That Belly on Sabathia tho

[@Jaylencrump10]

Do you know what he looks like now?

[@tankeater]

8.5 foot release. Rubber is 60.5 feet from Home Plate. 105 MPH equals 220 Feet per second. 60.5-8.5=52 Ft. 52÷220=0.2363 Sec. From release, to the BACK POINT of home plate... That's insane to even imagine having to hit!!!

[@cameronward7350]

the way hes pitching somebody please tell how does he not fuck up his groin

[@michaeljeferson9118]

Warming up properly, and looooooong

[@jaydenlolagne2642]

Because he gets the most out of his body and does it efficiently

[@leonscott543]

so what you're saying is that if you don't start swing right when the ball comes out of his hand, you're too late.

[@baseballkid8842]

And people say baseball is easy

[@bmpgaming4427]

I'm glad I got to see him play.

[@jhiller21]

Nick Swisher almost did last week, a 100 mph pitch came about an inch from hitting him right in the face. Swisher walked toward the mound and shook his head saying "Don't do that".

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

CUBS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR BOI!!!!!!!! I hope.

[@rigelgutierrez9866]

You guys have the best team this year. Sadly that's not the first time that statement has been said and then the cubs choke on the playoffs. Nevertheless i wish the Cubs good luck. That franchise desperetly needs a ring.

[@NateM154]

Good call.

[@pika62221]

Zobrist and Heyward were keys. Zobrist jumpstarted the offense after all those innings straight off Dodger pitching, and Heyward riled the team up during the rain delay in game 7 of the World Series. You play together as a team, and this team had the real sparkplugs.

[@thepikachuoftexas3871]

Holy shit I forgot I had written this. I was right! 👍

[@NateM154]

Jude Law Good thing Heyward did something. On the field, he probably did the least out of everybody.

[@redbug3485]

Cool video series! Can you do one on Verlander and Keuchall from the Astros?

[@ChEkAlOtIcH3]

Amazing pitching

[@aaronelizondo1812]

At 0:10 he is incorrect because Nolan Ryan threw a 110 miles per hour fast ball

[@darienduranza1874]

😂😂😂😂

[@evanswanson2540]

id like to see you softballers and cricket players do that

[@Walkemdowntonee]

You tell em evan

[@matthewseel1094]

Id like to see you do it too

[@Dabigshow805]

Evan Swanson cant do that in cricket, or else it would be illegal cause your arm cant bend 15 degrees

[@fahadkhan436]

Fastest throw in cricket is 101 mph I think. But that's cause you are running in. But you are also not chucking your arm like in baseball, which gives a lot more speed. So it's a give or take between chucking and running in, but obviously 105 is insane, and untouchable in my opinion for cricket players

[@seirharp]

Evan Swanson do u evn knw how hard a cricket ball is? baseball is for pussies..

[@primeproductions901]

I throw 85 usually and when I hit 90 it goes in the dirt This man hits the black with 104!

[@JojoushiPWI]

@Blake, lets just say that the mound for the LLWS is 40 feet. (3MPH per ft.) x 20 ft. distance ; [104+60] - .5mph due to scientific reasons (Wind, etc.). He'd be throwing around 163-165 on a good rested day from the LLWS mound.

[@gonery__gawk4138]

That’s not how it works he said every foot closer it appears 3mph faster to the hitter but the velocity is the same. And when they measure speed they measure it as soon as it leave your hand

[@Someone-hi1nt]

@@gonery__gawk4138 im pretty sure he means itd appear as 163-165 to an mlb hitter if he was throwing from a ll mound, thats a pretty easy assumption to make

[@hollow77142]

is there the list of ranking of twist angle(hip and shoulder seperation angle)

[@tbrowniscool]

This is amazing. Im a cricket player but would love to try baseball. This is a few mph faster than the faster cricket bowler! And with no run up!

[@felixarnaldo9777]

and you have to use a round bat not a flat one like in cricket which makes it even more difficult to hit

[@416male416]

not really Felix, as a baseball batsman we have a certain area that is based as the hitting zone with the ball coming at you direct so there is less factors to work with(mostly velocity and the swing curves in the air for baseball) where as in cricket, the batsman has to worry about the velocity, the swing in the air when the ball is pitched and the swing / deviation in the ground with when the ball hits the pitch and turns to different angles, plus the condition of that cricket ground pitch ( the bounce and turn factor ) also as a cricket batsman, you have to worry as to whether or not the pitcher is pitching the ball towards your body such as the head by purpose ( which is legal in cricket, to intimidate the batsman). Now you can imagine a 90mph ball which is harder than a baseball, coming directly towards your head, and you have a split sec decision to make whether you are going to move away or hit the ball. I have played both the sports in high competitive level, and to be honest both of them is tough in its own unique way. And to be honest, although there are lots of similarities between the two, there are lots of differences when it comes to the pitching and batting mechanics. Love both Cricket and Baseball.

[@felixarnaldo9777]

I hate cricket but then I'm Cuban , its boring for me .

[@416male416]

Any sports or subject would be boring if you don't know what its about. Perhaps if you learn about it and give it a chance you would definitely think otherwise. Check out cricket t20, its 3 hour version with way more action that a normal baseball game. Again I love both sports, and I understand that you may not like cricket, but to "hate" it without knowing what the game is about, or giving it a chance is well . . . . . (insert adjectives).

[@dingbat999]

@@416male416 this is a great explanation, thank you‼️😃

[@AlaskanSnow]

Chapman was one of the only reasons the Cubs won the World Series so I love him

[@trixx8858]

I was able too throw 103mph until my alarm clock woke me up

[@shudasdfvcxz1912]

I am 15 years old, I can throw upper 90's, but I am not good at throwing strikes. I tried to throw slower and be more accurate, but I can't seem to get my fastball out of the 90s... Any tips? I had 4 strikeouts and 46 walks in 19 innings last year but I am still one of the best pitchers in the country.

[@treyr5111]

I feel like you might be full of it

[@shudasdfvcxz1912]

Trey Royston full of talent maybe

[@sporangina]

Shud Asdfvcxz Yeah, You're right. It takes talent to be able to walk that many people in 19 innings. one of the best pitchers in the country? Please. Speed isn't everything.

[@chrismcgrath8464]

sporangina speed is literally everything. I will be a 1st round draft pick. Bet on it

[@sporangina]

Chris McGrath Ok bud you have fun with that

[@burninghammerstudios7033]

soooooooooo glad hes a cub now

[@ItsBrianDoran]

Too bad the fastest pitch was recorded as a ball, would have been a lot cooler if it was a strike. Plus he almost hit the batter too

[@ItsBrianDoran]

***** I'm not saying it isn't impressive, I'm just saying it would be more impressive if it was a strike

[@Senbonzakuraaaapp]

Probably to scare the batter the batter must be god,I'm goona die if he pitch a deadball

[@realkiller0]

Noland ryan 108 top speed

[@realkiller0]

Noland ryan 108 top speed

[@123avdb4]

He has horrible control issues, in all honesty I would have him trade his velocity for control, which he actually did his second year, he wasn't throwing the ball as hard and everyone thought he wasn't going to keep up his pace of throwing 20 pitches at over 100 in a row and that he was falling off, sure enough, 2014 he showed that he still got it

[@skurt7586]

Anyone from 2019

[@jere.nurkka]

I'm from there

[@GnomeHats]

Nah, 2020

[@ebenburger111]

Amazing. Thank you very much!

[@LLHLMHfilms]

So...swing and hope am I hearing this correctly?

[@wmwm4194]

or practice so much against this speed to recognize the pattern fast enough for it to be a second nature.

[@itzaprem6358]

You can slow it down mentally and it probably will look like a 80-90

[@simonmil4475]

several sources say Nolan Ryan threw a pitch that was clocked at 108.1 mph. BUT, several different people got several different readings. So, that is why Aroldis Chapman's 105 is the fastest ever, because that was confirmed.

[@ralphus44]

Excuse me, what's with the name calling? Maybe you don't follow the Reds and recall how Chapman went through a wild stretch in 2011 where he couldn't even throw strikes. He was consistenly walking the bases loaded and finally they took him down and worked with him. He hasn't thrown close to 105 since but his control is better. I saw him hit 102 last year on one pitch. He can throw 101 with ease now, which is still damn fast.

[@hollow77142]

is there the pitcher who have big twist angle than chapman??

[@deezuschrist]

And the position of the radar gun back when Nolan Ryan was pitching was set closer to the plate, and the pitch loses velocity over time....if they were to measure the speed at the same distance they are measuring nowadays for guys like Chapman (closer to the mound), Nolan Ryan would clock in at over 105 mph. They can figure this out with basic math based on the speed of Ryan's pitch and the position of the radar, and how much speed is lossed over time etc.

[@笛とぅおい]

カメラ越しで見ても一瞬しか球が見えないの凄すぎる

[@darrenoz4958]

good luck to everyone even the catcher

[@josephmontoya7730]

This reminds me of this one 6'6 kid in my league who throws up to 89mph. You may not think its that fast but were all only 11 to 12 years old. That's the definition of the "I am 12 kid".

[@notkimjong-un3019]

His basically the perfect throwing specimen. His technique is flawless

[@cro4194]

if he is then why is he struggling big time

[@maxiamarilla5020]

@@cro4194 because he throws hard, not necessarily good. He is struggling probably because he lacks location on his fastball, gets gassed quickly and his only other great pitch is his slider. That does not mean that he isn't the hardest thrower to have ever walked the earth

[@ramon4184]

@@cro4194 to be able throw that hard your gonna struggle with ball placement and he gets gassed quickly considering how hard he throws

[@rrdwiki]

Superb video

[@disneydadcanada3294]

Chapman has not thrown the fastest pitch ever thrown. Radar guns used to measure velocity when the ball was much closer to home plate. After adjusting for the difference in how velocity is now determined, Nolan Ryan has the record at 108. Check out the documentary “Fastball”

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

I disagree. It doesn’t even make sense for Ryan biologically or mechanically to throw harder than Chapman. Aroldis is simply built better to do this than Ryan was and he’s been clocked far more accurately than Ryan ever was because of the advances in technology

[@disneydadcanada3294]

@@chiarosuburekeni9325 Ryan’s last pitch was 98 MPH at age 46. I’d say he was built to throw hard.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@disneydadcanada3294 yeah true. Don’t get me wrong Ryan is the best fireballer ever. And he did it for so long.

[@Lsu640]

thats why hes a reliever

[@EpicOpMc]

He is a gifted athletic freak is how he does it, all the other stuff adds but you have to be a freak to do that as well

[@Galimah]

Would it hurt to get one of Aroldis Chapman´s pitches on the head?

[@venicedreamway]

No, I've got hit with a 200 mph fastball before, nothing bad.

[@toddsmith1969]

This was super interesting.

[@jamesmichael5475]

He is genetically gifted, if not, everyone would attempt to duplicate his biomechanics and being throwing with similar velocity. Stride length, while it can be increased, will affect other aspects of the delivery, so mess with one thing and others can be impacted, some adversely. Arm speed is largely a genetic gift, as is stride and lower extremity swing speed for a runner. Chapman is a very muscular man, while Randy Johnson was a pure Ectomorph.

[@suyahatesntr]

Even Hicks is throwing 105 with a smaller body 😁 And also what the heck is with Duran's splitter. It can reach 100mph.

[@joasmercedes6044]

The greatest video

[@sam_powell7134]

Anyone here after Altuve did him dirty in the alcs?

[@Boxingbest254]

Now we know why

[@scoredfranklive337]

@@Boxingbest254 bang bang

[@ralphus44]

Chapman doesn't throw 105 anymore. In 2011 they tweaked his delivery because he was consistently wild. He throws in the high 90s now usually; will hit 100 or 101 from time to time. Still damn near unhittable stuff, especially when he mixes in a slider at 89!

[@himuyashiro8218]

wait what? why does the reaction time reduce by 66% with a 15mph velocity increase?

[@matthewdawson129]

numbers I found are a little different than the video, but if 90 mph = 0.41 seconds to home plate, it takes a hitter about 0.3 seconds from when he starts his swing until he can hit the ball, hence about 0.11s to decide to start his swing, if the pitch is 105mph it gets home in 0.35 seconds, (minus the 0.3 seconds from when he starts his swing) only leaves 0.05s to decide to swing, his reaction time is cut in half.

[@himuyashiro8218]

wow that made perfect sense, it seemed strange at first, thanks

[@michaeledgar6866]

He throws a lot closer than average pitcher because of his stride and release

[@miguelneil7326]

I'm so glad he plays for the reds!

[@garycaldwell963]

You mean yankies in 2020carona

[@lighteningarcher9960]

It was at about 98.3 miles an hour.

[@VFlexSports]

The Science of the Perfect Swing made simple to understand and put into practice - Isobaseball training in combination with Vflex brain based training is a lethal combination

[@independentthinker7168]

sorry.. nolan ryan owns the record at 108. The documovie "Fastball" dissects measured speeds from the last, does sciencey stuff and came up with ryan the fastest. When they measured him in the 70s or 80s (?) they scanned the ball speed at the plate and currently they measure it 15 ft from the mound. i could be wrong on all the numbers (was drunk when watching it) but you get the gist

[@boilermaker81982]

Even if he did throw 108, first of all, it was never confirmed, but only estimated. And secondly, he threw a fast pitch like that ONE time. Chapman throws this shit on almost every pitch lol.

[@ErichLRuehs]

Chapman is so fast he can turn off the light and get into bed before it's dark. I know, I know, it's an old joke but still funny. #DadHumor

[@sinfulsanity5393]

Correction Nolan Ryan if he threw now a day's the fastest he would throw would be 108.7mph fastball don't believe me go to Amazon prime look up the fastball and watch the whole thing.

[@vero5k]

Nobody talks about the catcher I know I can’t catch that even when I’m a adult

[@alexanderbutler2989]

How do you explain Jordan Hicks? 105 mph Not a long stride. Hes not overly tall. Hicks uncocks his arm Sooooo much faster than other pitchers. Tommy John waiting to happen unfortunately

[@thomasbossero22]

I saw him close aganist my team this year and he's unhittable the batters just watch because you can't react he was throwing 102,103,104 Mph fastballs the batters were watching I've never seen something like that the picthes were rite down the middle of the plate they were hittable picths they just couldn't react in time it was amazing!

[@cherwmutery4323]

100mph pitches are not as difficult to hit as you might think. I have thrown as fast as 102 in the past, but my era on my middle school team this past year was 5.83 because I threw it to much over the heart of the plate.

[@Dreadlock1227]

^lol

[@harrisonyates3283]

Thomas Bossero What team?

[@jamallouis1138]

Cherw Mutery lol this dude saying he can throw 102 in middle school

[@jamallouis1138]

yeah i asked a scout before he told me the fastest for 13 years old was a kid he saw throw 90

[@ItsMontySZN]

And girl softball pitchers say it's harder to hit off a softball pitcher then and baseball pitcher. Ya I dont think so.

[@Smortguy739]

keep dreaming buddy

[@calebethebeastpc7629]

i dont get how chapman doesn't hurt his elbow often with that shoulder turn.

[@liamhealey1126]

he is amazing

[@TeemoQuinton]

He leaves the bag! HE BALKS! ILLEGAL PITCH! #OhWait he's not Carter Capps

[@thatmadlad5381]

does he have an offspeed pitch like a changeup? cuz if he had that he wil be the nastiest pitcher out there

[@PHIL253]

He used to be but not anymore. He has sinker and Slider that's his only off speed his main weapon is just fastball

[@Chris-lh7wj]

For a batter to just make contact with 3/100th of a second decision time would be nearly as impressive as the 105 mph pitch coming towards him.

[@99Silverado53]

Tom Howes was Nolan Ryans pitching coach

[@vyyo5025]

It was actually 106

[@senrusho]

This was made in between when he broke the record and when he broke his own record.

[@TheMCGimpy]

It probably wasn't even that, because those are juiced for fans. The Guinness world record still stands at 100.9 by Nolan Ryan Aug 20th 1974.

[@MacDaddy3033]

It was actually 105.98

[@TheMCGimpy]

It was actually much less or it would stand as the record. They juice the guns by taking the reading at a different point than they used to. When Ryan threw that 100.9 it left his hand at over 108 mph. They figured out by taking Chapman's and other power pitchers' readings out of the hand vs. crossing the plate they could illicit a bigger response from crowds. The fact is, if Aroldis threw this pitch at 106 leaving the hand, he's still slower than the Ryan Express which left the hand at 108 and still had enough gas when it hit the plate to come in over 100 still. Guinness does not count pitch speed as the ball leaves the hand.

[@realkiller0]

MacDaddy3033 ryan 108 throw

[@TEAMEEXTREME]

Aroldis Chapman's 105 mile-an-hour Peter is the fastest bitch thats ever thrown 😂😂😂😂😂

[@bravesfan1018]

The constant wear and torque though that he puts on would probably destroy his elbow though

[@brycebrnt1]

Didn’t Nolan Ryan have about 108 mph pitches

[@shaneb643]

I did a little research and I don't see anything about a 108 mph pitch. I know he regularly exceeded 100 but I don't think it ever went that high.

[@GuyNamedHonzik]

Now make a video about how he survived taking a major-league liner to the face.

[@Sparkball]

Have you seen ja happ?

[@ryan.8783]

“and now, for the Detroit Dodgeballers, attacker Aroldis Chapman!”

[@diesellozano7874]

Wonder if it hurts to catch

[@shaneb643]

I'm not talking about Chapman. The conversation was about Nolan Ryan. boyceavenuexfactor claimed Ryan threw 108 when he never did.

[@luisrodolfolopez3603]

The Fasth Pitch Amasing

[@shamelesspodcast8588]

doing this for an English assignment

[@seanadamson6677]

Actually Nolan Ryan was clocked at 108.1 chapman never passed 106. It's still insane though that anyone has been able to do that

[@mountaingoat595]

It's unlikely Nolan Ryan actually threw that fast, he likely threw low 100s

[@johnf1402]

@@mountaingoat595 He threw low 100s when measuring speed at the plate. Nowadays we measure speed at the hand.

[@pewbangpew8109]

This is fucking incredible

[@cincyfanjunglecity9871]

I can't believe that Cincinnati got rid of him. That's a bad man right there on the mound. Wish he was still here with the Reds man.

[@tkielion]

They should have used him for the baseball vs softball I swear half of these things are rigged

[@themusic6808]

Look how much longer his arms and legs are than the average pitcher. You couple that with the amount of torque he creates in his hips through his motion and the fact his forward extension off the mound is at least a good foot or two further than most can achieve and you’re going to end up with a fastball over 100 mph lol

[@bigmike100]

That catcher gotta get a new mitt after every inning😂

[@micahbell9093]

Chapmans a closer.