With baseball buzzing about Pittsburgh starter Paul Skenes - who is throwing nearly 10 percent of his pitches 100 mph or better - it is a perfect time to dissect baseball's infatuation with throwing triple-digits. There is no better person to dive into the topic with than Colorado's Daniel Bard, who went nine years in between throwing 100 mph pitches. Bard joins Bradfo to reflect on his days of hitting the century mark, how so many pitchers are doing it and what it means to the game going forward. It's an unbelievably insightful look at this shocking dynamic which is currently being highlighted by the Pirates' rookie.

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