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Old Tue Jul 10, 2012, 02:16pm
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So, what would happen if a pitcher threw a baseball at 90% of the speed of light?

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Old Tue Jul 10, 2012, 03:02pm
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Jose Canseco would claim to be able to hit a homerun every time the pitcher threw it!
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Old Tue Jul 10, 2012, 03:13pm
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So, what would happen if a pitcher threw a baseball at 90% of the speed of light?

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Obviously from reading the artcle, it would be "lights out" however, I am sure in the political and religious discussions to follow it will either end up as a super pac negative ad or the second coming.
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Disagree with the application of 6.08d. I'd go with .901c (get it?)
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disagree with the application of 6.08d. I'd go with .901c (get it?)
+1 - lol
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"It hits the bat first, but then the batter, plate, and catcher are all scooped up and carried backward through the backstop as they disintegrate."

Well, at least they spared the umpire.
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Old Tue Jul 10, 2012, 06:02pm
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"It hits the bat first, but then the batter, plate, and catcher are all scooped up and carried backward through the backstop as they disintegrate."

Well, at least they spared the umpire.
He was working from behind the mound.
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Old Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:39pm
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Disagree with the application of 6.08d. I'd go with .901c (get it?)
I'd say within 1-1/1000th, is is close enough for this ruling.
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Old Wed Jul 11, 2012, 12:11am
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So, what would happen if a pitcher threw a baseball at 90% of the speed of light?

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I don't care what happens; I'm amazed someone actually thought of this question.
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I think mushroom cloud behind home plate.

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Old Wed Jul 11, 2012, 09:37pm
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I think mushroom cloud behind home plate.

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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.

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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.

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Yes it is KE but, didn't Newton also invent the Fig Bar?
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"It hits the bat first, but then the batter, plate, and catcher are all scooped up and carried backward through the backstop as they disintegrate."

Well, at least they spared the umpire.
I maintain that the protective equipment did it's job.....
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