The Fastball Has Never Been Faster

Jacob Misiorowski, the Milwaukee Brewers’ young ace, is the same height as Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees’ hulking slugger, and about half his size. When they faced each other, on May 8th, it was like seeing Paul Bunyan swing his axe at a sapling. Except, in this case, the sapling could throw a fastball at more than a hundred miles per hour.