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

#1

I thought this was pretty educational and funny as shit.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

#2

I found most of it very interesting and educational, but not necessarily all that funny…until I got to the end where it said, [COLOR=‘Black’]“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.” I chuckled.

#3

haha That was worth a read. :smiley:

#4

Quite humorous. :smiley:

#5

Genius :smiley:

#6

lol, the whole thing was hilarious.

#7

This kind of pitch should be standard.

#8

Awesome.

#9

holy shit I guessed it almost entirely

I didn’t think about the plasma ball, but the mushroom cloud explosion part is obvious

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