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I now present a case study in human sexuality. The population of the US is roughly 300 million people.
Most of these people will accept that a young girl can throw a softball riser underhand. Some have trouble explaining how a man can throw an ^OVERHAND RISING 100 mph FASTBALL^ and find the matter unbelievable.
Let's consider half the population to be male. Out of these 150 million men, let's take 1000 of the best of the best baseball players in the country. How many of these ballplayers can actually throw 100 mph baseball consistently throughout a baseball game? If we take an ultra-conservative number of 150 MEN, then the odds of seeing someone throw a rising fastball is ONE in a MILLION. However if we want to represent reality, then we would have to only consider about 15 AMERICANS who can actually throw 100 mph fastball consistently. The odds of seeing someone throw a rising fastball is then ONE in TEN-MILLION.
Now I can understand why some would say that a rising fastball cannot be thrown overhand with odds like that. It's certainly a one in ten-million search. It's like saying that you'll never win the state lottery. That may be TRUE, but someone else will WIN the lottery. He just has to have a WINNING TICKET specifically wrapped up in a STRONG RIGHT or LEFT ARM. I want to know why you refuse to beleive former lottery winners and very special BASEBALL HALL of FAMERS could not do it. Their strikeout records speak for them. Why would you argue against the possibility?
[Edited by SAump on Mar 4th, 2006 at 08:27 PM]
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