My oldest brother was the best pitcher in the entire city. His fastball only reached the low to mid 70's and he was a relative midget (5'10 170lbs) - but he could throw five different pitches and had great control with most of them.
If he had an arm - he'd have been a sure-fire MLB pitcher.
He won every game but one his junior year - and his team lost almost every single game that he didn't start.
He was 7 or 8 years older than me though. His catcher was a fat kid with no arm who couldn't catch his knuckleball. They had like one and a half other good players - and no one else who could pitch or wanted to catch. He got good shortstop and 2nd base play anyway.
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