pitch velocity 2025-09-27T17:27:08Z

Rain lashed against the grimy subway windows as the F train shuddered to another unexplained halt. That familiar restlessness crept up my spine - the kind only baseball season used to cure. My fingers twitched for the weight of a lineup card, the tension of a 3-2 count. Then I remembered yesterday's discovery. With three taps, Franchise Baseball Pro GM flooded my cracked screen with neon-green diamonds and pixel-perfect pinstripes. Suddenly, the stalled train became my war room.

The cracked leather of my baseball glove bit into my palm as I stared at the makeshift strike zone we'd painted on the garage door. Sweat stung my eyes in the July heat while my best friend Kyle squatted behind home plate - an old pizza box. "Think you broke 80 this time?" he yelled, tossing back my latest fastball. That question haunted every practice session. We'd been guessing speeds since Little League, lying to each other with macho estimates that felt increasingly pathetic as college scout