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Miscellaneous olympics comments/ questions

Posted By: bob koca
Date: Sunday, 17 August 2008, at 12:26 a.m.

In Response To: Miscellaneous olympics comments/ questions (Stein Kulseth)

They didn't test it for first base (where one can run through the bag without being subject to being tagged out). From the description below they really had no idea about the issue. Is there any debate at all for 2nd base or 3rd? Their whole description of why sliding might not be smart is ridiculous as the player actually wants to slow down right when they reach the base.

Bob Koca

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From http://mythbustersresults.com/episode83

"On bases that you can’t overrun, it is faster to slide into them.

confirmed

While a popular tactic used by baseball players, some speculate that sliding will actually slow a person down due to the friction being exerted between their bodies and the ground. With some coaching, the Build Team learned how to slide like baseball players. They then timed how long it would take to run to a base and slide to a base. The results showed that all Tory, Jamie, and Grant reached the base faster by sliding rather than running by several fractions of a second. The reason was because as they ran, the Tory, Jamie, and Grant had to slow down at the last second so that their momentum wouldn’t carry them past the base. With such definitive results, the Mythbusters agreed that sliding to a base is faster than running."

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