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How hard is it to hit a 95 mph fastball?

Published September 20. 2021 3:36PM 

By Peter Huoppi and Rick Koster  Day staff writers

Rick and Peter talk with local radio host Lee Elci, a former minor league baseball player, about what it takes to face professional pitchers. Rick, Peter and Lee took some swings in the cages against mid-90s fastballs from a pitching machine, and Rick was about as successful as you would imagine he was.

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