Don Cherry may have foreseen what would happen when he said in a 2009 "Coach's Corner" segment that Ovechkin can't keep throwing full-speed body checks at every opponent who moves because the physical toll it demands is too high.
In the first period Ryan Callahan flew in at full speed and threw a blindside elbow at the jaw of Frans Nielsen, who collapsed to the ice.
"You have to go full speed.
Soriano knew he needed to get the ball and let go of it quickly, but, he said, that requires him to throw at about 80percentt of his full speed.
"But make the mistake going full speed.
This early in camp, they threw only fastballs and changeups and not at full speed.
Burke, who had the first inside-the-park homer in the College World Series since Oklahoma's Chip Glass in 1994, was running full speed and easily beat the throw home from right fielder Adam Swann.
"We weren't running full speed, so the ball wasn't thrown way down the field".
Leiter, who missed his start Tuesday, threw eight warmup pitches, followed by 63 pitches at full speed.
"That's just not being adept at getting my feet underneath me after going full speed and being able to make a throw," he said.
Run full speed, screaming at the top of your voice, throwing yourself against doors and acting possessed, then, when everyone starts staring, get up and walk away, looking at them as if they're the ones who are crazy.
