Fastball

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Audience Member Fastball, much like the pitch itself, starts of fast but fizzles out the longer it goes. Engaging and thorough for the most part, the documentary becomes redundant even for it's short runtime. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member I found this movie on NetFlix.If you are interested in baseball, you should watch this movie.Especially, you like pitchers.You will see great pitchers in MLB history on this film.Even Justin Verlander is on this film.They spoke about their secrets of the fastball. Scientist also analyses their fastballs. My takeaways 1.There were great pitchers 100 years ago.Walter Johnson was one of the greatest pitcher.His win and loss record was 417-279.It is impossible for modern MLB pitchers to win 417 games.But his fast ball was only 83 miles??? 2.Bob Feller was also legend in the 1940's, He could pitch 98 miles fastball.But this was not measured in a MLB game. 3.Nolan Ryan was one of the fastest. He played till 46 years old.He did 100 miles when he was 46 years old. 4.Alordis Chapman is the fastest in MLB.He recorded 105 miles.But he is a closer.He pitched around 15 for only 1 inning. 5.Could anyone pitch 110 miles? Maybe in the future.The baseball is evolving. Please watch this film and learn the baseball.Enjoy! -- Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member very interesting documentary about the game and some of the best pitchers including from the early era Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member really cool baseball documentary. I still doubt Nolan Ryan threw 108 mph though.... Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Fantastic documentary! The subject matter, and Kevin Costner's narration, just completely had me riveted! From Walter Johnson, to Bob Feller, to Nolan Ryan, the greatest fastball pitchers are on display in this film! I love that my all-time favorite player, Nolan, was given the last segment and that he may have even thrown faster than Aroldis Chapman! And the piece about Steve Dalkowski was super, as I had never heard of him and found his story fascinating. My only negative comment is that I think that I would have dropped the David Price segment, and included one on Randy Johnson. Other than that, I loved this! And I recommend watching the extended interviews bonus material, if for nothing else than to watch Whitey Herzog flip out a bit! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting historical documentary on the fastball Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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