I see the NCAA/ESPN have jacked their speed numbers through the roof again. This has always been a sore subject for me. For starters I have watched these pitchers all year not approach the numbers that are popping up on the screen in the college world series. My main reason for pointing this out is that some young pitcher doesn't give up on a dream because it looks like 70 is impossible for her. 70 is a unrealistic number for 97 percent of pitchers. What happens when these speeds get jacked up is some new college coaches will be looking for this speed. The ones that have been around awhile wont have a problem. Years ago when my daughter was coming through 65 was the magic number. Those that know me understood I had a radar gun everywhere I went. HS,College and travel ball. I wanted to know where our pitchers stood in relation to college ball. When 65 was the magic number very few college pitchers were throwing 62-63. The best pitcher around was Cat Osterman and nobody could hit her at 62. In Florida's first championship Hannah Rogers was a 63 mph pitcher. If you know a pitcher don't let them get hung up on speed. There will be a time a coach asks for a number and you will need to hit it. If you can't you have no choice but to move on to another school. Just for the record Jackie Traina at Alabama was the only pitcher I ever clocked at 70 or over and that was before she had a injury. I know there are a few others that can hit this speed if there was no concern for movement. Regardless of how hard you throw you better move it. I have seen D1 pitchers at smaller schools in the high 50s so no pitcher should give up a dream based on these inflated speeds from the College World Series. Back to my daughter for a second she did hit the magic number she needed to but it took new pitching coaches and $$ to get her there.