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EvilJuan
 Post subject: Relativistic Baseball
 Post Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 12:31 pm 
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What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

Inquiring minds want to know! :lol:

More works of genius from the folks at xkcd.com

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TAP
 Post subject: Re: Relativistic Baseball
 Post Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:21 am 
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EvilJuan wrote:
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

Inquiring minds want to know! :lol:

More works of genius from the folks at xkcd.com


And the final note: 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.

That is hilarious, Juan!

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matt
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 Post Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:51 am 
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Better test that guy for steroids.


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TAP
 Post subject: Re: Relativistic Baseball
 Post Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 12:45 am 
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matt wrote:
Better test that guy for steroids.

Why bother? He'll just create a fake website to make it look like an accidental injestion.... or he'll plead the FedEx defense.

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