Quote Originally Posted by Commercecomet24 View Post
Yep the Big Train! Smokey Joe Wood, Addie Joss, Iron Joe Mcginnity, Cy Young, the list could go on forever of flame throwers from that era(although Hubbell was more know for his screwball).
Yeah- Cy Young got his nickname (Cyclone) becasue his fastball broke wooden boards at baseball stadiums. I've been trying for years to try to translate how fast that would be since Thomas Edison was too lazy to invent the radar gun in 1890.**