What if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uj10jGq2O8o

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9 Comments

antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 316d (1 reply)

Die.

*checks video*

Die very quickly.

TomMasz@piefed.social · 8 pts · 316d

You, the pitcher, catcher, umpire, both teams, everyone in the ballpark, and most of the people in the city.

railwhale@lemmy.nz · 10 pts · 316d

The batter would be eligible to move to first base.

_NetNomad@fedia.io · 6 pts · 316d

to think all the money and effort we've wasted trying to create fusion in a lab when what we really needed was a really, really, really good pitcher

Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 316d (3 replies)

You'd miss.

makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 316d (2 replies)

Arguably you don't, considering your matter will likely undergo a fusion reaction with what could nominally be called the ball, you and the ball will make a form of contact

remon@ani.social · 5 pts · 316d (1 reply)

So ... hit by pitch?

makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d

That is indeed what Randal concludes in the video

thatonecoder@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 316d

Nuke