PHOENIX – Long after the crowds stopped cheering and the radar guns stopped flashing, John D’Acquisto found himself staring at a blank canvas.
In the 1970s, D'Acquisto was one of baseball's hardest throwers, a right-hander whose fastball could reach 100 mph at a time when triple-digit velocity was virtually unheard of. During a 10-year major league career with teams including the San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres, he made a living blowing fastballs past hitters.
Since then, D’Acqusito has become an author, writing his autobiography “Fastball John.” He has taken and passed online courses through Harvard, as well as created Kinetic Force Analysis, a biomechanics company that analyzes how the body moves in an effort to prevent athlete injuries.
