Marietta Man Assaults a World Record
Mike Moseley Sets a New Guinness World Record
With video cameras filming the action, and certified umpires tracking every hit, professional baseball instructor, Mike Moseley, assaulted the world record for continuous batting practice pitches on Saturday at Cobb Sports Complex in Marietta.
Moseley broke the world record he established in 2004 of 6,100 pitches with 6,400 pitches that were hit by more than 750 Cobb County youth and adult baseball players. Moseley's former record is documented in the Guinness Book of World Records, with all requirements satisfied for Moseley to document his new world record.
Former McEachern High School star, Casey Smith (photo left), the 2005 NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, drove Moseley's 6,200 pitch deep into the bowels of the Cobb Sports Complex's hitting tunnel. Smith is a 3rd-year pro player in the San Diego Padres organization, and instructs youth players at Cobb Sports Complex.
Ted Wood (photo right), former Team USA Olympic Gold Medal winner, and San Francisco Giant 1st round draft pick, exploded into Moseley's 6,400 pitch for the new world record mark. Wood teaches hitting and fielding at Cobb Sports Complex delivers high-tech video analysis that enables youth players to view their hitting mechanics benchmark against the best Major League Baseball hitters.
Moseley's 6,400 hittable strikes in nine hours resulted from a strike every five seconds for nine hours. The gold standard for a big pitching day in Major League Baseball is 100 pitches. Moseley hurled 63 times the MLB standard to meet his goal.
"I average throwing 1,000 to 1,500 pitches every day." Moseley said. "My arm never wears out. That's why they call me, Rubber Arm."
Local baseball youth players from travel teams, as well as high school players, faced off against Moseley. Teams from East Cobb, Shaw Park, Oregon Park, Kennesaw Park, Acworth Park, East Side, East Marietta Little League and Sandy Plains hit the best offered by Moseley's rubber-arm action. One player, 17 year-old, CJ Crowder drove from the Murphy, North Carolina area to be a part of the activities.
Moseley has worked for the Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers as a batting practice pitcher. Former Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Tommy Lasorta said, " His arm isn't real". Players from the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cincinnati Reds that he has thrown batting practice to say he is a rotator cuff's worst nightmare. His arm rarely hurts and it never tires.
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