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    Homer's Velocity

    Is it just me or has anyone noticed Homer's fastball didnt reach 97mph which it did regularly the last few years. I saw him with the Dragons a few summers back and he was hitting 96 and 97 alot. I was at the game and he didnt go above 95 and was pitching mostly in the low 90's where as in the minors he pitched in the mid 90's most games. Am I missing something what happened to the 96 97 fastball?
    "I think everybody here is definitely excited about (Eddie) Guardado. It wasn't a save situation, but when you've lost a couple like we have, it felt like a save situation." -- Reds manager Jerry Narron on using his newly acquired closer Eddie Guardado.


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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    I saw several pitches come up 96... His velocity is not the problem. Its his command.

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    Damaged goods, Krivsky is filing a grievance against Dayton as we speak.

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    This is why I rarely post on this board!
    "I think everybody here is definitely excited about (Eddie) Guardado. It wasn't a save situation, but when you've lost a couple like we have, it felt like a save situation." -- Reds manager Jerry Narron on using his newly acquired closer Eddie Guardado.

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    Anyone else notice the first strikeout against Sizemore that was way up... I think that fastball was 89 while earlier in the inning he was at 96 a few times.

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    I apologize in advance because this post doesn't have anything about Bailey's velocity, but I just noticed that 6 of the top 9 threads currently on the Sun Deck have to do with Homer. Do you think we as Reds fans are excited about him at all?

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    Homer topped out at 96 I think, I only remember seeing 95. His velocity went down he topped around 90 in the later innings.

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    ALmost everytime I looked up there it was 96, I think my friend and I saw 97 once, I think it was the second time he got Sizemore.
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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    you also have to remember it depends on what gun is clocking him. What brand, how old it is, etc. Also GAB is known throughout baseball to have a "shallow" pitching mound, which means the ground between the pitching rubber and the grass is not that steep. The steeper that part of the mound is, the faster I have heard you can throw, because of the more severe "drop-off."
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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    nah, I saw a lot of 92-94, occasionaly putting it 94-95, with only about 5-7 pitches reacing 96. Not bad, but I distinclty remember reading about one of his starts last year in Chattanooga where it was pointed out that he was 94-96, and touching 97 on his 97th and final pitch of the night.

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    http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_88673.asp

    "His fastball has been in the 96-97 mph range, topping out at 98"
    "I think everybody here is definitely excited about (Eddie) Guardado. It wasn't a save situation, but when you've lost a couple like we have, it felt like a save situation." -- Reds manager Jerry Narron on using his newly acquired closer Eddie Guardado.

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    All this could be nothing but differences in radar guns.

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    He jacked up a few in the 93-96MPH range, but settled in the 90-93MPH range for most of the game according to the stadium gun. maybe it was just the gun, but even in Louisville, the buzz seemed to be that his fastball was not quite as blistering as it was in '06. Maybe as the year drags on, he'll start pumping the high 90's gas again.

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    I believe he was requested to hold back a little to give the Indians a chance.

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    Re: Homer's Velocity

    Quote Originally Posted by NorrisHopper30 View Post
    Anyone else notice the first strikeout against Sizemore that was way up... I think that fastball was 89 while earlier in the inning he was at 96 a few times.
    Thats not his fastball. That was either his hard slider or cut fastball.
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