07-10-2012, 11:57 AM
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What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
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The ideas of aerodynamics don’t apply here. Normally, air would flow around anything moving through it. But the air molecules in front of this ball don’t have time to be jostled out of the way. The ball smacks into them hard that the atoms in the air molecules actually fuse with the atoms in the ball’s surface. Each collision releases a burst of gamma rays and scattered particles.
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http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/
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07-10-2012, 12:00 PM
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#2
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This is why we shouldnt let physicists watch sports.
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07-10-2012, 12:02 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Soooo basically it's like dropping a nuclear bomb on the stadium?
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07-10-2012, 12:03 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I would strike out.
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07-10-2012, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06
I would strike out.
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Actually!
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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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07-10-2012, 12:30 PM
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The Yankees would pay the pitcher so much money the economy would collapse in on itself.
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07-10-2012, 12:30 PM
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07-10-2012, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06
I would strike out.
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so it would almost be like stampede week for you?
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07-10-2012, 02:35 PM
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07-10-2012, 02:36 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Calgary
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I clicked on the link above, it lead me to this one http://xkcd.com/
that was almost an hour ago...... 
Dang you CP
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07-10-2012, 02:57 PM
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Too bad Kyle Drabek can't do that against the Yankees, wouldn't mind seeing their whole team incinerate.
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07-11-2012, 07:29 AM
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I'm guessing this isn't restricted to baseballs, but anything with significant mass? Hockey pucks, ping pong balls, Spitz, etc?
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07-11-2012, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by icarus
I'm guessing this isn't restricted to baseballs, but anything with significant mass? Hockey pucks, ping pong balls, Spitz, etc?
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Nope, only baseballs.
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