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ProfessorGAC

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9. Without Special Training...

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 07:02 PM

Mar 2023

...the vast majority of people would not process the spatial changes fast enough to accurately assess distance (depth perception). They'd be way late to the ball, even if they started early enough.
That's what makes major league hitters major league hitters.
It's easy to get bat speed. Seeing the ball to contact is a gift.

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Watch Shohei Ohtani throw a pitch 102 mph [View all] Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 OP

Nope. You can hear it better than you can see. chicoescuela Mar 2023 #1

Mr. Diamond said Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #3

No, but the really scary thing is...he could hit that Clash City Rocker Mar 2023 #2

Yes Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #4

I remember Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corolla at Dodgers training camp. Probatim Mar 2023 #5

So true! Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #6

My fear would be that I *would* hit it . . . Journeyman Mar 2023 #7

Especially if it was a cold day! Yikes. Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #8

Without Special Training... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #9

I read somewhere Diamond_Dog Mar 2023 #10