Slightly Off-topic: Hit by pitch? - Page 2

DG · #1 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 12, 2012, 11:24pm

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Originally Posted by mbyron

Isn't that the formula for kinetic energy? Perhaps you meant Newton's formula, F = dp/dt, though Newton couldn't have guessed about mushroom clouds.

The things you can read on an umpire forum!

Well yes, but the point is still the same, a mass (baseball) traveling at near the speed of light squared, has tremendous energy. The pitch can't be seen, can't be caught, and everyone for some distance around is annihilated.

mbyron · #2 (**permalink**) Fri Jul 13, 2012, 09:19am

Quote:

Originally Posted by DG

Well yes, but the point is still the same, a mass (baseball) traveling at near the speed of light squared, has tremendous energy. The pitch can't be seen, can't be caught, and everyone for some distance around is annihilated.

Well, not to be obtuse, but nothing can travel at the speed of light squared, and you could see it and catch it just fine if you were traveling at around the same speed. We're all moving at 17000 MPH around the sun and don't seem the worse for wear.

Umpires quibbling about physics! Who knew!

Welpe · #3 (**permalink**) Thu Jul 19, 2012, 08:07am

I just want to know, will this be on the midterm?

scarolinablue · #4 (**permalink**) Wed Jul 18, 2012, 08:31am

Quote:

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

So, what would happen if a pitcher threw a baseball at 90% of the speed of light?

Relativistic Baseball

I'm guessing this would be a rising fastball.

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