Comments on: What would happen if a pitcher threw a baseball at the speed of light

By: Daniel Lawson

Daniel Lawson — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:06:29 +0000

destroy the universe like he destroyed Wood and Pryor?

By: smallpapi

smallpapi — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:35:17 +0000

Didn’t Paul from Uni Watch already mentioned this story already.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:49:06 +0000

hahahahah….fair enough.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:41:20 +0000

If memory serves, time did not pass at the same rate of speed…but it always move forward, even if it was moving very very slowly at times.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 18:39:00 +0000

Clearly, you have never taken acid. Time is not linear.

By: nightman13

nightman13 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:16:54 +0000

It was way better when it was a niche show, but since it became popular it has declined.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:35:34 +0000

The article is what would happen if a ball was thrown at 90% the speed of light. But thanks for the reading comprehension lesson.

By: joro0414

joro0414 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:18:53 +0000

Since the ball has mass, hitting light speed is impossible. Physics 101.

By: stoutfiles

stoutfiles — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:50:06 +0000

Moving faster than the speed of light may let you see the past, but you wouldn’t be able to affect it.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:49:22 +0000

Theoretically, time is the only a unidirectional dimension. Even if time travel becomes possible, it would be a one way trip and would have to be forward in time.

By: micker716

micker716 — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:52:10 +0000

My head hurts reading the comments.

By: philliesblow

philliesblow — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:03:24 +0000

Doesn’t matter how fast it was thrown. If it has no movement, someone would eventually time it and knock the snot out of it. Just ask Joel Zumaya.

By: weaselpuppy

weaselpuppy — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:29:38 +0000

Delmon Young would swing at it.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:03:38 +0000

changeup = speed of sound?

By: lbehrendt

lbehrendt — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:43:42 +0000

Under these circumstances, the catcher should call for a change-up.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:42:31 +0000

The poor catcher would be but a stain near the stains that were once the batter and umpire.

By: umrguy42

umrguy42 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:11:44 +0000

…Actually, (puts on Spock ears) the whole idea of the “warp” drive is to effectively change the universe immediately around the ship (creating a “subspace field”) such that the speed of light limit is not in effect.

By: birdsnblues

birdsnblues — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:29:38 +0000

Do fish get thirsty?

By: 1943mrmojorisin1971

1943mrmojorisin1971 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:12:58 +0000

Awful show.

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:56:43 +0000

If the ball is going too fast for the eye to see, and there is no replay in MLB, how would the umpire know if it was a ball or strike? I suppose Bob Davidson could just call it a balk and be done with the whole affair.

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:48:29 +0000

bud doesn’t think we need pitchers to throw at the speed of light… attendance has never been better.

By: Jeremy Fox

Jeremy Fox — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:44:11 +0000

Um, that point (and more) is made in the linked post…

By: joeflaccosunibrow

joeflaccosunibrow — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:27:14 +0000

The REAL answer for physics geeks like me would be that the ball would burn up immediately from the air kolecule friction.

By: obpedmypants

obpedmypants — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:22:28 +0000

yeah. the 90% of the speed of light answer is a lot more interesting than “mass can travel at the speed of light”

By: sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo

sabathiawouldbegoodattheeighthtoo — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:19:27 +0000

Dusty Baker would have him do it several hundred times per week until the universe collapsed.

By: bigleagues

bigleagues — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:08:32 +0000

And why MLB quietly made Syd Finch disappear and pretended he was simply a creation of George Plimpton’s.

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:01:32 +0000

The bird comes back to life as our intellectual superior, bans eggs from feeding, installs full instant replay in all sports, abolishes the DH, and makes bacon our national meat….because it would be, making bacon our national meat is the intellectually superior move.

By: sportsdrenched.com

sportsdrenched.com — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:01:17 +0000

Light speed is nice and all, but what about “Ludicrous Speed”?

By: WhyDoIActuallyCare

WhyDoIActuallyCare — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:56:16 +0000

Which leads to another question: how would the ball hitting a bird mid-flight affect the outcome?

By: poseidonsfist

poseidonsfist — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 20:50:26 +0000

Actually, this analysis was on what would happen at 90% PERCENT of the speed of light. It might seem like a trivial detail, but there’s a HUGE physics difference in 90% and 100% of the speed of light.