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I always felt that Randy and Roger wanted to break the will of the opposing time.  That in their hearts they wanted the hitter to know what was coming, but still get the strike out.  While Pedro was more than happy to throw a 97 mph fastball into the small of the back of a hitter that crowded the plate, he seemed to take pleasure is confounding the hitter.  I'm probably wrong, but Pedro's pitching style didn't seem to change all that much as he velocity declined due to wear and tear.  After the injuries in 2001, he came back throwing in the low 90s high 80s, but still had 4 all-star years left in his arm.
It wasn't until his velocity was regularly in the Doug Fister Jason Vargas range that he no longer was a premier pitcher, and it wasn't clear if that was mostly velocity or an equal decline in command.