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Originally Posted by Curve Ball Dave
Back in the day scouts saw that Joe Dimaggio couldn't catch up to high fastballs anymore because his bat slowed down.
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You know what could have told them this faster? Exit Velocity from the at-bats prior to this revelation. Because I bet DiMaggio's exit velocity was creeping down for some time before some scout said, "Ya know, I think Joe's having a bit of trouble hitting that high fastball there."
Exit Velocity would have told them that DiMaggio's bat was slowing down even on the regular hits where he made solid contact.