(Source: MLB - Major League Baseball) Between them, Colorado's David Dahl and Jeff Hoffman threw six balls at 95 mph or faster. Thing is, only Hoffman is actually a pitcher. Dahl, playing center field for the U.S. Team in the top of the sixth, touched 95.6 mph when unsuccessfully trying to throw out Eloy Jimenez on Josh Naylor's single, then bested himself on the very next play when he hit 96.7 mph throwing out Naylor at the plate on a Carlos Asuaje hit. Consider that the entire Major Leagues have topped that number from the outfield fewer than 100 times all season, and suddenly you get why that's such a big deal. Hoffman, meanwhile, topped out at 97.3 mph during his scoreless inning of...
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