Edgy MD wrote: Hrabosky was definitely of the first generation of juiced-up showmen and muscling-up fireballers. First for me, anyhow. I'm sure there are precedents. Smith better fit the mold of the hyped-up intimidator, When I think of fireballers who were intimidators, I remember Ryne Duren. He had thick glasses, threw hard and was wild enough to keep batters from feeling comfortable in the batters box. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/durenry01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/durenry01.shtml I consider him the first of that breed. Later