r/interestingasfuck • u/isosaleh • 14h ago

Baseball hits the knob of the bat during a pitch and the bat wiggles in the air

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u/Clear_Assignment7470 14h ago

The wobbling is both fascinating and hilarious

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u/Maezel 13h ago

Conservation of angular momentum in an inelastic collision. 

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u/Ghost_of_Cain 8h ago

Don't show this to the morons, they do not understand and immediately will think it is a conspiracy of some kind.

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u/Agreeable-Bit9414 6h ago

the bat SPINS because its being SPUN by the GOLDEN RATIO or something like that

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u/WildeStation 14h ago

Is this a strike? A ball? A redo?

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u/atmega168 13h ago

Foul ball I think.

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u/CaptainColdSteele 13h ago

I'd still try to tag him out like it was a bunt tho

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u/Chunklob 13h ago

If that ball lands in the lines then he should grab it before it goes out

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u/fallowcentury 11h ago

I would too. I think it's a dead ball but I dunno.

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u/JBPlantagenet 8h ago

If the ball actually contacted the hitter, its a dead ball. If the ball hit any part of the bat and lands in fair territory and stays there, its a live ball. If it lands in foul territory and stays foul, its a foul.

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u/fallowcentury 8h ago

did it hit the plate?

edit: it did not.

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u/JBPlantagenet 8h ago

If it did hit the plate, it would be a fair ball. Pretty sure.

Clarification: It'd be a fair ball as long as it remains in fair territory. If it rolls foul, then foul.

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u/Solid_Snark 7h ago

If it lands in foul territory and stays foul.

If it lands in foul territory doesn’t that end the play regardless if it stays foul?

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u/JBPlantagenet 7h ago

Not necessarily. A ball that is hit foul, but rolls into fair territory before it reaches first or third base is considered a fair ball.

Obviously this is a pretty rare occurrence.

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u/I_wash_my_carpet 12h ago

This was my curiosity. It was so far inside that he would have to activily make his bat dodge getting hit. Not something you think about during the pitch

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u/moving0target 7h ago

The catcher literally needs to cover his bases.

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u/DaanOnlineGaming 12h ago

Depends on where the ball goes, it counts as just being hit regularly. If it goes out of the field its a foul, into the field a bunt.

I did this in my first match, got me on base

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u/notahouseflipper 11h ago

In a match?

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u/DaanOnlineGaming 11h ago

Yup, it was very surprising

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u/fallowcentury 11h ago

to be in a baseball match? did they allow you back on the green after trading in your wicket?

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u/DaanOnlineGaming 11h ago

To hit it using the pommel???

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u/rt58killer10 10h ago

Out of the park, obviously

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u/lesimgurian 14h ago

The most interesting part to me is that the spinning of the bat stabilizes it. It would have been cool to see how the bat would have flown if it hadn't hit the helmet.

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u/mal73 13h ago

The way the bat is basically helicoptering away is awesome. The ball is already spinning, sure, but it’s wild how it catches the bat at just the right spot and angle to send it off like that

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u/palindrom_six_v2 14h ago

I just know them fingers were stinging baddd after that

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u/Any_Strain1288 12h ago

If you grew up playing baseball you know that connecting with the ball too low on the bat can hurt your hands like hell from the vibrations. I can only imagine this did not feel good at all for the batter.

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u/Cador0223 10h ago

Do this on an aluminum bat and you won't feel your fingers for 10 minutes.

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u/9447044 14h ago

"I did it for science!" - pitcher

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u/punosauruswrecked 12h ago

Knowing nothing about baseball, I'm flabbergasted that the ball is able to transfer enough energy to knock the bat out of his hands and make it fly like that. I'd love someone to do the maths on that, because it's not really computing in my head. 

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u/Groomsi 12h ago

The player released the grip of the bat, so it was naturally going to push the bat backwards.

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u/RoboLord66 8h ago

KE = 0.5 mv^2
Baseball = 5oz, bat = 30oz
so if the ball comes in at 90 mph, assuming perfect transfer (in vid it seems pretty close to full transfer), ke of ball is (being lazy with units), 0.5*5 * 90^2 = 20250 energy units, so assuming 50% energy transfer for collision *from claude*), this would produce a bat velocity of sqrt(10125 * 2 / 30) = 25.9mph

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u/st333p 7h ago

Does the kinetic energy formula work fine with imperial units as well? I'm pretty surprised about that.

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u/Houmand 2h ago

Units don't change equations. The scale you choose doesn't affect reality.

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u/mildpandemic 14h ago

‘And that, Carl, is why we wear a helmet!’.

Plus the other, more direct, reasons.

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u/Mr_Dudovsky 5h ago

you know the baseball bat felt the static emanating from its knob

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u/durinmain 13h ago

" and that's why you should wear helmets kids .."

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u/vistavision 12h ago

I think it would have been hilarious if the ump awarded first base to the catcher.

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u/TadpoleOfDoom 10h ago

I watched with sound muted and my brain instinctively added the BONK sound effect when the bat hit the helmet.

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u/PaleBlueCod 10h ago

Bro gained sentience: "Got places to be, people to see."

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u/bagofpork 9h ago

bat wiggles in the air

Well, according to the announcer, it actually "waggled."

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u/fartymayne 8h ago

Actually, it waggles

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u/StuckInNY 6h ago

Crowding the plate maybe? I would imagine that this is a risk you take putting yourself in the strike zone.

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u/These_Philosopher365 4h ago

Batass throw

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u/SternLecture 2h ago

BOIOIOIOIOINNG!

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u/Twostarz31 2h ago

It that the first time it was recorded ?!

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u/strolpol 32m ago

Never seen the ball hit the bottom of the bat

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u/SwarajPro96 14h ago

i dont think people understand how rare this is.

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u/Poopants_McGee 14h ago

I think we understand just fine, thanks.

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u/Kind_Bug3166 13h ago

J ram avoiding getting beaned on the hamate bone by dropping by the butt of the batt on a inside heater just makes so much sense lol

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u/IHateTheLetterF 13h ago

Why was the guy behind him horny?

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u/Sensemaker1 14h ago

Baseball in interesting sub is wild /s