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How rare is this?

Posted By: Bill Riles
Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 7:44 p.m.

In Response To: How rare is this? (Chuck Bower)

I'm with Jason. I've watched thousands upon thousands of baseball games -- live and on tv -- over fifty years and have never seen such an occurrence. Considering the speed of the thrown baseball, the bat head speed, and the instant of contact between the two it is almost inconceivable that such an event can occur.

Of course, I'm distinguishing the subject occurrence from the second hits on bunts and follow throughs (both bat wrap-arounds and bat retractions) after the ball has struck the ground and bounded back up into the zone. Those are comparatively commonplace.

Messages In This Thread

• OT -- Amazing Baseball Hitting Occurrence
  Bill Riles -- Monday, 27 June 2011, at 1:58 p.m.
  • OT -- Amazing Baseball Hitting Occurrence
    Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 27 June 2011, at 2:15 p.m.
    • OT -- Amazing Baseball Hitting Occurrence
      Bill Riles -- Monday, 27 June 2011, at 2:56 p.m.
      • OT -- Amazing Baseball Hitting Occurrence
        Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 27 June 2011, at 3:09 p.m.
      • OT -- Amazing Baseball Hitting Occurrence
        Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 12:05 a.m.
  • How rare is this?
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 5:12 p.m.
    • How rare is this?
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 6:40 p.m.
    • How rare is this?
      Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 7:35 p.m.
      • +1 *NM*
        rory -- Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 8:01 p.m.
    • How rare is this?
      Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 7:44 p.m.
      • How rare is this?
        Stick -- Wednesday, 29 June 2011, at 2:34 a.m.
        • How rare is this?
          Bill Riles -- Wednesday, 29 June 2011, at 4:43 p.m.
          • How rare is this?
            Henrik Bukkjaer -- Wednesday, 29 June 2011, at 9:00 p.m.
          • How rare is this?
            bob Koca -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 2:00 a.m.
    • Seeking another opinion...
      Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 29 June 2011, at 3:24 p.m.
      • And yet another -- first response, more later
        Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 29 June 2011, at 5:52 p.m.
        • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
          Joe Russell -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 1:58 a.m.
          • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
            Bob Koca -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 2:01 a.m.
            • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
              adambulldog -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 2:04 a.m.
              • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
                Stick -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 3:54 a.m.
            • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
              Joe Russell -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 3:22 a.m.
              • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
                Backgame -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 5:23 a.m.
              • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
                Henrik Bukkjaer -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 7:36 a.m.
              • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
                Bill Riles -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 1:55 p.m.
                • Not a scientific answer, but an observation
                  Joe Russell -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 3:03 p.m.
            • 1985 US Open
              Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 1:40 p.m.
              • 1985 US Open
                Michael Petch -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 9:43 p.m.
  • OT -- Amazing Baseball Hitting Occurrence
    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 28 June 2011, at 9:56 p.m.
  • OT -- Amazing Baseball Hitting Occurrence
    adambulldog -- Thursday, 30 June 2011, at 1:53 a.m.