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Message: [QUOTE="Chin Diesel, post: 3867902, member: 34"] I'd like to see if someone would go back and look at film of Babe and those early 20th century sluggers and produce some of the metrics we see today- launch angle on his swing, bat speed, ball velocity off the bat, etc. I was thinking it would be cool to see a Koufax, Gibson, Seaver, Carlton, Pedro, etc go at it for extended periods against the Babe. The longer an at bat goes, the theory is, the advantage becomes greater for the hitter since he starts seeing all the pitches a pitcher can throw. Can a Big Unit with basically a fast ball and slider be able to keep the advantage over the Babe, or does Babe get his timing down and look for tells by the pitcher? I almost go the opposite. Give me a Maddux or Pedro who can throw 3-4 pitches as strikes whenever they wanted. [/QUOTE]