After 100 days, Ryan is proving patience is a wiing [sic] formula

Nolan ... was invited by Bobby Valentine’s Chiba team one night to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Before Ryan took the mound, however, Valentine informed him that his Japanese hosts expected the Hall of Fame pitcher to bring the heat.

Dressed in street shoes, therefore, and though he hadn’t thrown a baseball in earnest in more than 10 years, Nolan Ryan, at age 60, walked to the mound halfway around the world and let the not-so-ceremonial first pitch fly.

The pitch registered 85 mph on the radar gun.