A Lil' Sumtin' Sumtin' for Rain Man....

[gblowfish]

And all the rest of you eggheaded sports geeks:

Relativistic Baseball

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

Read about it here:

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

[HemiEd]

um yeah, thanks for posting that George.

[pr_capone]

LMFAO

I enjoyed the read.

[Cornstock]

"Wow, I haven't seen the ole '.9c' pitch since '68!"

[seclark]

"Wow, I haven't seen the ole '.9c' pitch since '68!"

i think that's when they lowered the mound.
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[Dartgod]

Thank God Sidd Finch never developed his fastball.

[kysirsoze]

So they've only done two of these "what ifs?" I enjoyed both of them. Sorta wished I'd discovered this after they had a big archive. Waitin till next Tuesday, I guess.

[Rain Man]

The last sentence at the very bottom made me chuckle audibly.

[whoman69]

At 60ft6in how long would it take the ball to get there at .9c?

[stevieray]

...i always thought it was sumpin..

just sayin...:D

[gblowfish]

...i always thought it was sumpin..

just sayin...:D

I'm obviously not from around here....

[Setsuna]

It's sumpsin.

[KC Jones]

love xkcd - never knew he started this what if feature.

[Dartgod]

At 60ft6in how long would it take the ball to get there at .9c?
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After about 70 nanoseconds the ball arrives at home plate.