Tom House
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I did. Not because I was a genius or whatever. I wanted to find out if what they said was true. And I threw 84 miles an hour when I weighed 170 pounds. I threw 84 miles an hour when I weighed 210 pounds. So steroids didn't do anything for me except blow my knees out.
I did. Not because I was a genius or whatever. I wanted to find out if what they said was true. And I threw 84 miles an hour when I weighed 170 pounds. I threw 84 miles an hour when I weighed 210 pounds. So steroids didn't do anything for me except blow my knees out.
I did. Not because I was a genius or whatever. I wanted to find out if what they said was true. And I threw 84 miles an hour when I weighed 170 pounds. I threw 84 miles an hour when I weighed 210 pounds. So steroids didn't do anything for me except blow my knees out.
The thing that amazes me is a hitter should not be able to catch up with $105.
The thing that amazes me is a hitter should not be able to catch up with $105.
The thing that amazes me is a hitter should not be able to catch up with $105.
Okay, if you add together the time it takes the best hitter in the game to swing at a pitch, he should not be able to hit 105 miles an hour. The times don't add up, but they do. And it's this ambient nervous system where the decision to swing doesn't go to the brain. It goes to one of the meridians in your shoulder, your elbow. It's like when you touch a hot stove.
Okay, if you add together the time it takes the best hitter in the game to swing at a pitch, he should not be able to hit 105 miles an hour. The times don't add up, but they do. And it's this ambient nervous system where the decision to swing doesn't go to the brain. It goes to one of the meridians in your shoulder, your elbow. It's like when you touch a hot stove.
Okay, if you add together the time it takes the best hitter in the game to swing at a pitch, he should not be able to hit 105 miles an hour. The times don't add up, but they do. And it's this ambient nervous system where the decision to swing doesn't go to the brain. It goes to one of the meridians in your shoulder, your elbow. It's like when you touch a hot stove.
your finger comes off before you know it's hot. Right. That's what's happening with hitters.
your finger comes off before you know it's hot. Right. That's what's happening with hitters.
your finger comes off before you know it's hot. Right. That's what's happening with hitters.
Exactly. And I swear to God, when people say that hitting is the single hardest thing to do in sports, times 10, that hitter-pitcher relationship, that dance, that's what makes baseball, to me, as interesting as any sport that's out there.
Exactly. And I swear to God, when people say that hitting is the single hardest thing to do in sports, times 10, that hitter-pitcher relationship, that dance, that's what makes baseball, to me, as interesting as any sport that's out there.
Exactly. And I swear to God, when people say that hitting is the single hardest thing to do in sports, times 10, that hitter-pitcher relationship, that dance, that's what makes baseball, to me, as interesting as any sport that's out there.
He is the Drew Brees of pitchers.
He is the Drew Brees of pitchers.
He is the Drew Brees of pitchers.
2-2.
2-2.