drives me nuts too.
And before anyone pipes in, plenty of pitchers through smoking hard in the 70s so its not like guys today throw harder.
Except Aroldis Chapman; he’s averaging over 100 mph when he throws his fastball. There was an article about a no hitter Doc Ellis pitched in the 70’s I believe. He was on LSD he’d consumed before the game, walked 8 but completed the no hitter.