SAN DIEGO – Aroldis Chapman(notes) was summoned from the bullpen one batter too late to make a difference in the game. No matter. The 22-year-old Cincinnati Reds left-hander made do by making history Friday night, throwing the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game, a 105-mph fastball.
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The pitch was not a fluke: Chapman threw 25 pitches in his 1 1/3 innings of relief, and every one was at least 100 mph. He didn't throw a slider. He didn't throw a changeup. Why would he?
SOB, you couldn't even see the damn ball!
I wouldn't even try to hit it, for fear of dislocating my wrist.
And he's only a rookie.
I predict catastrophic shoulder injury by 2013.
I was gonna say, I see another Tommy John in our midst.
I see another Kenny Powers.