A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered “hit by pitch”, and would be eligible to advance to first base.
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“He really got a piece of that one”
These efects also happens when a pitcher throws the ball 150mph in animes.
Paranormal physics!
I’ve had the first edition reissue of what if since 2019 and I have never read it, tonight I decided to read it because I came across your channel and I didn’t realise I had the book and I was trying to follow along within the book with the video 😂
When you stop being biology, and start becoming physics.
And this is why the flash is the most broken super hero ever if physics made sense in their universe
TL;DR: atomic bomb
We went from baseball to the Shibuya Incident
What I want to happen to dodger stadium:
The entire stadium and surrounding city was allowed to advance to first on a hit by pitch.
Why did the batter disintegrate 💀
Kids, don't try this at home
What about a tsar bombaat 0.999 c? From Nirvaan Ravindra Anandkumar Nagarmal Agarwal, age 9.
What if we assume the pitcher hits a home run?
This is why I throw pitches at 0.89c instead of 0.9c
Up was god tier how dare you
Imagine a speedster superhero but he's physically accurate. Would be entertaining at least
Okay, but now do it in a vacuum. :3
"What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitcher at 90% the speed of light?"
I imagine I would miss o.o
Basically you trigger a nuclear explosion.
I need someone to animate this like an anime
The ball would also be roughly 3.3 cm in width to any observer before disintegration
Not sure how correct you are on the rest since you said that a shockwave and a ball at .9 light speed have the same speed… Which is of course completely wrong.
This was the very first What If! 😊
I'll test this
Fines I'll refrain from throwing a ball at 90% of the speed of light
moral of this story, I CAST… FIREBALL.