But he throws 100mph. And he throws curveballs. How can anyone be surprised he needs surgery?

Human arms were not meant for this... the underhand pitching style in softball is the more natural motion for an arm and shoulder.

Give me a guy who has 90-92 mph stuff and good movement/location over some 100+ mph surgery-waiting-to-happen guy any day.

Is that so? How many TJ surgeries do Nolan Ryan have, again?

My recollection was zero, but correct me if this guy who regularly hit three digits on the gun during about 120 years of major league play was defying a "natural motion" for a human arm.

Speak English much?

> this guy who regularly hit three digits on the gun

Gee, you'd think a guy who threw that hard would be a little more dominant. It took him 28 years to rack up 324 wins against 292 losses, meaning an average season for him was 12 wins and 11 losses.

I'd have to agree with digital_fortress regarding the value of a pitcher with good movement and location. However, you're more than welcome to come back with another confrontational and off-topic reply. Funny how you and parkton both do that -- it's almost as if you're one and the same.

By the way, you sure sound stupid here:
http://forum.myredbook.com/dcforum2/pool/19816.html#13

Speak English fine. You not worth proof reed.

>> this guy who regularly hit three digits on the gun
>
>Gee, you'd think a guy who threw that hard would be a little
>more dominant.

I guess seven no-hitters is not good enough for you, eh? Oh, wait! He didn't play in the 1950's, so according to your line of thinking he's dog chow.

>Funny how you and parkton both do that -- it's almost as if you're
>one and the same.

Yawn. Believe what you want.

"While his lifetime winning percentage was a relatively pedestrian .526, Ryan was an eight-time MLB All-Star, and his 5,714 career strikeouts rank first in baseball history. He leads the runner-up, Randy Johnson, by 839 strikeouts.

Ryan is the all-time leader in no-hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher. He is tied with Bob Feller for most one-hitters, with 12. Ryan also pitched 18 two-hitters."

Yeah, you're right as always. After all, "throwing hard" and "throwing accurately and consistently" are inexorably linked. It's simply not possible for one to exist without the other.

Great thinking there, buddy. Your razor-sharp reasoning put me in my place, as usual.

There's always exceptions. And Ryan is one. For every Ryan there are 10-20 Kerry Woods, Mark Priors, etc...

I just stated a fact: The underhanded pitching motion (as in Softball) is a more natural and less damaging motion for the human arm. Overhand torque and power will damage more shoulders and elbows than most.

Roger Clemmens also didn't have many injuries. But now I think we can be suspicious of his longevity.

Point is: Clemmens and Ryan were great and were also exceptions to the rule.

These dudes who come out of high school and college throwing 101 aren't going to last long... and Strasburg was babied along the way. That didn't seem to help.