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Dylan Bundy's 100 MPH Fastball Is Gone, but Injuries Couldn't Stop Ace Destiny

The radar gun at ONEOK Field lit up in triple digits, and the kids from Owasso High loved it.

The ballpark is home to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Texas League, but on that night in 2011 one of their own was on the mound. Dylan Bundy was still just 18 years old, but he was throwing 100 mph.

"A lot of people tell you he was the best high school pitcher they've ever seen," Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.

A lot of people would have told you then that Bundy would be on the fast track to the major leagues, and in fact it was only about 16 months later that he would make his big league debut with Showalter's Orioles.