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[–]JACKTHEBIRD24 203ポイント204ポイント  (98子コメント)

How did he even make contact with a pitch like that?

[–]schmorgesborg 56ポイント57ポイント  (75子コメント)

Tosh.0 did a cool clip on a wiffleball pitcher

[–]DarrelleRevis24 25ポイント26ポイント  (1子コメント)

I would like to join a wiffleball league now

[–]Shazaamalama 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

There used to be a sick one called FastPlastic.

[–]slitlip 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Not available in canada..

[–]hurtsdonut_ 11ポイント12ポイント  (64子コメント)

That's insane. 95mph.

Edit: it's true and here is the proof 97mph by the same guy. He's also a college pitcher.

Thanks u/_pulsar

[–]LordOfDevils4All 48ポイント49ポイント  (63子コメント)

That seems like bullshit. The gun must be juiced. If he can throw a wiffleball 95, he could throw a baseball faster than that. A 95 mph fastball is pretty much an automatic ticket to pro ball.

[–]Awake00 31ポイント32ポイント  (4子コメント)

Without watching the video, I completely agree

[–]nerdy-fantasies 11ポイント12ポイント  (3子コメント)

Without reading your comment, I completely agree

[–]Whiskycoke 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

Definitely. I even seriously doubt it broke 75.

[–]devils85 6ポイント7ポイント  (7子コメント)

Yeah. After this guy pitches, a 79 flashes on a sign in right field. It looked decently fast, no way the other guy threw 95.

[–]pglynn646 17ポイント18ポイント  (6子コメント)

But 79 is still ridiculous for a wiffle ball, he could definitely at least flirt with 90 mph with a baseball.

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    [–]Atomo500 7ポイント8ポイント  (4子コメント)

    Seriously? Hold up, let me make an even more pointless conversion. 144.8km/hr x .27777 = 40.22m/sec.

    [–]Disarmer 4ポイント5ポイント  (4子コメント)

    Not necessarily. Baseball's have a LOT more mass that you've gotta get moving.

    [–]qweasd4 5ポイント6ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Wiffle balls are also much less aerodynamic.

    [–]aussiegolfer 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Where does the gun measure the speed? As it leaves the hand, or as it crosses the plate?

    I genuinely don't know.

    [–]pointman 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    How old is he? Maybe he will go pro.

    [–]dabtildeath 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

    It seems as though the wiffle balls holes are pulling it faster through the air after the pitch is released, as it rose or sank it would rapidly gain speed just before reaching the batter.

    [–]LordOfDevils4All 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

    If you're talking about how a batter would perceive the pitch than that could be true. But it's not like the ball is going to speed up without an outside force, regardless of holes.

    [–]PleaseVote4Pedro 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Different distances; he has to pitch in college from farther back.

    [–]BackJauer10 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Nobody and I seriously mean nobody can throw a wiffle ball 95. It's physically impossible.

    [–]jnecr -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I tend to agree with you, and our evidence is from Tosh.0 (hilarious show, I watch every episode, not sure that's reliable information). In any case! The ball is much lighter, so maybe it's possible that it could be thrown faster (for a short period, before friction slows it down) than a baseball?? I don't know the physics, but it might be plausible.

    [–]AsaKurai -2ポイント-1ポイント  (4子コメント)

    I don't think so, a baseball is much heavier and isn't influenced by the air as much as a wiffleball is. A baseball slows down once you release it, while the spin on his wiffleball pitches actually is increasing the velocity.

    [–]LordOfDevils4All 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Can you explain to me how a thrown ball can increase in velocity without a separate outside force...? The holes in the ball don't allow it to accelerate.

    [–]AsaKurai 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Well with the wiffleball sinker pitch, there is air flow force pushing down on the ball once it reaches its apex from the unevenness created by the holes, causing it to sink much faster, rather than a baseball that sinks and just slows down from drag.

    [–]LordOfDevils4All -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

    But that doesn't increase the velocity, just the movement. If that's what you were tying to say then I agree with you.

    [–]alponch16 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It could increase velocity because gravity is a force acting on it to drop from its apex.

    [–]Mad_Jukes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Well shit. 95mph.

    [–]EatMyBerry -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Not available in this region

    [–]rabidmunks -5ポイント-4ポイント  (4子コメント)

    i want to enjoy that show but the god awful CBS-style production just ruins everything about it for me. they can take supremely interesting things and make it nearly unwatchable, it's incredible

    [–]Ericcccccc 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

    It's a comedy show.

    [–]rabidmunks -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

    yeah, but everything interesting or funny comes from the internet clips themselves. the writers and tosh contribute nothing of value and then this dogshit laugh track is thrown over everything. it feels so forced and robotic

    [–]TheBoat15 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's a live studio audience. Not a laugh track.

    [–]allez10M 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

    "There has to be a twist"

    [–]Firebelley 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    And with a swing like that. He steps way out

    [–]Mzamike 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Nice, this was one Facebook last week

    [–]lightninhopkins 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I raise you two facebooks.

    [–]Corporate_Overlords 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    I used to pitch batting practice to some guys who played on a travelling team. You don't swing the normal way you do when you hit a baseball. You almost have to swing defensively, but once you get used to a pitcher, unless he has incredible stuff, it's not a whole lot harder than hitting a regular baseball.

    [–]Sssiiiddd -4ポイント-3ポイント  (14子コメント)

    What kind of ball do they use? That curve was insane!

    [–]kremlin_ 116ポイント117ポイント  (2子コメント)

    That would be * wait for it * a wiffle ball

    [–]mikechi2501 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

    If you throw a wiffle ball like you would throw a slider, curveball, knuckleball, etc it does some crazy shit!

    [–]kiwi-lime_Pi 17ポイント18ポイント  (8子コメント)

    Wiffle Ball, slots on half the ball makes it do crazy things.

    [–]Sssiiiddd 13ポイント14ポイント  (7子コメント)

    So it's actually designed for these curve throws... thanks!

    edit: reddit in a nutshell: The most helpful answer to my question: 3 points. Lame joke: 55 points.

    [–]I_like_turtles_kid 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Where do you live

    [–]DrunkCaliban 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Under a rock, I'm guessing.

    [–]bricktamland48 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Probably because the answer to your question was in the title

    [–]sorry_wasntlistening 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Probably a typical wiffle ball. If they are worn a little bit you can make them do some pretty impressive things.

    [–]NoNeedForAName 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Yeah, but the more worn they are the less control you have over those impressive things.

    [–]Boredguy32 -5ポイント-4ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Swung at ball 4. :/

    [–]mikechi2501 56ポイント57ポイント  (15子コメント)

    I have yet to play in a Wiffle ball tournament that did not involve alcohol.

    I believe the "mat" behind the batter is the "stikezone" aka if the pitcher throws it past the batter, and it hits the mat, it's a strike.

    Pitching in wiffle ball is really fun...until you wake up the next morning.

    [–]tatertot255 12ポイント13ポイント  (4子コメント)

    Where I'm from we just use a lawn chair. If it his the back of the lawnchair it's a strike.

    [–]forwhombagels 8ポイント9ポイント  (3子コメント)

    Casual... You gotta count the whole chair, legs included

    [–]mikechi2501 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

    I could see some brutal chair-leg strikeouts resulting.

    [–]ComeAtMeImRipped 2ポイント3ポイント  (7子コメント)

    Why don't they use this in baseball too instead of the strike box?

    [–]chas11man 10ポイント11ポイント  (3子コメント)

    The strike zone in baseball is the front of the plate, not back there.

    [–]thebostinian 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Not quite. It's three dimensional. You can tuck a pitch in on the edge without it passing through the front of the zone, or drop a pitch in on the back of the plate (though generally if you throw a breaking pitch at belt level, you probably missed your spot).

    [–]chas11man 10ポイント11ポイント  (1子コメント)

    This is an argument of the rules vs what is actually called. Pitchers and catchers work to make the umpire believe the ball was a strike so yes, a ball by the rules can be a strike

    [–]jayare3 11ポイント12ポイント  (1子コメント)

    The "true" strike zone is right in front of the batter, this may is behind a bit, so the ball drops and doesn't give an accurate representation of where the ball was when the hitter had a chance to hit it.

    [–]anubis2051 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

    So this is basically like having Buster Posey behind the dish framing...

    [–]DrunkCaliban 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    The strike zone in baseball is relative to the size of the batter. From the knees to the letters of the uniform.

    [–]sonics_fan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    It's called an auto-ump

    [–]rjcarr 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    The bat in the vid looks like one you'd get from Walmart. Are you allowed to add weight to it? Otherwise it's like swinging air.

    [–]Chemicalien 27ポイント28ポイント  (3子コメント)

    A rising curve ball. Nasty. This is why I love wiffle.

    [–]Stair_Car_Hop_On 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

    At first, I thought the "wizardry" was the pitch, then I saw the rest of the gif. Still though.... that pitch was nasty.

    [–]sorry_wasntlistening 26ポイント27ポイント  (2子コメント)

    I actually played in a legit wiffle ball tournament, traveled to another state and everything. It was intense. We were good but some people there were great. Ended up coming in 5th.

    [–]nemo1080 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Sounds amazing

    [–]NoNeedForAName 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Every single thing in that gif was individually some of the best whiffle ball I've ever seen.

    [–]assassina 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

    This is why we made peace with Cuba... new recruits

    [–]cqck 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

    i want more. i love wiffle ball.

    [–]malevolentheadturn 6ポイント7ポイント  (2子コメント)

    It was very badass up until the batter started to run. I wasn't expecting the mince up to first base.

    [–]TuckerLove 6ポイント7ポイント  (1子コメント)

    I was thinking to myself "how did he even hit that?!" Then I saw him prance to first and immediately convinced myself I could.

    [–]dventurino 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

    That was still a good swing, I think he was just watching the ball like a dingus instead of running.

    [–]update_required 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

    Why is the pitcher wearing a glove?

    [–]-epi- 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Probably just to hide his pitch. I honestly doubt he would be using it to catch the ball.

    [–]IMakeBadPlays 10ポイント11ポイント  (9子コメント)

    There have been a few great relay catches in Cricket too.

    [–]DrunkSkipBayless 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

    Look at the aweenis hahaha

    [–]4gbds 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    Somebody should tell those guys about gloves.

    [–]ownage99988 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

    I really have no idea how this game works

    [–]CarlCaliente 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

    You bat until you are out (can take a long time sometimes). One way to get out is if your ball is caught in the air (just like baseball).

    You can't legally touch the ball when you are touching the ground beyond the boundary, but you can jump it and toss it to a teammate before you touch the ground.

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      [–]poopbandit 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

      I dunno, i could get with a game that uses the term ear like they do.

      Dunno what the fuck the ear is, but that dude jumped into it to save that catch, which was pretty cool.

      [–]kiwi-lime_Pi 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Every part of that play was amazing.

      [–]AccordionORama 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

      I'm amazed the pitcher didn't throw his arm out. When I tried throwing a wiffle-ball hard I ached for days. Is there some technique?

      [–]hombre999 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

      the technique is called warming up

      [–]theorangemonk 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

      i want this to be my life

      [–]CrispyBalooga 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Its truly awesome, needs more exposure.

      [–]CanadianBaka 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Great Pitch, Great Hit, Great Tip, Great Catch

      [–]enolprod 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Holy shit. That was badass.

      [–]GordDownieforPM 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Dude is gonna roll his ankle on the bat at the end.

      [–]Buckslenderman 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      everything about this clip amazes me. this is not the wiffle ball that i grew up with.

      [–]escasez 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Something similar to the catch here happened to me at a rec league softball game. The ball bounced off the palm of my glove and into the air. I couldn't see it because of the sun, and the shortstop made the follow up catch. However, the ump called it a deflection, and didn't allow the throw out at second following the runner's claimed tag up. She didn't even run back to 2nd. The opposing team ended the play with runners on 1st and 3rd.

      [–]frederickgfox 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Every participant in that play was phenomenal

      [–]Bojanglin_Banana 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Was that John Bergman?

      [–]Ghost2Eleven 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Jesus. I didn't know there were wiffle ball leagues this serious. Am I crazy or do they have a freaking speed gun tracking pitch speed?! That 79 that flashing on the right field wall is 79 MPH... right? How do you hit a wiffle ball thats traveling 79 mph and curving viciously from belt high to chin high... on a midget field?! The pitching mound has to be, what? 30 feet? That would give the batter, like, .25 of a second to react. That's unpossible.

      [–]CrispyBalooga 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      We pitch at 48 feet and our best pitcher can touch 80, it's insane.

      [–]BackJauer10 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

      Come play my team sometime! We'll rake on your weak ass glove wearing pitcher. Seriously, who the fuck wears a glove in wiffle ball?

      [–]Cael87 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

      If he's throwing curves like that he doesn't want to show finger position on the ball before the throw.

      [–]Cutlerbeast 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      I hit a home-run once during wiffle ball in gym class in the 7th grade. Never felt more popular.

      [–]davidabeats 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Yikes. That running form.

      [–]iPadCamera 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Wiffards

      [–]jonny_karate 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Triple play.

      [–]jmorlin 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      /r/wiffle_ball

      [–]EdHamden 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Volleybaseball

      [–]Forrest_Runaker 0ポイント1ポイント  (5子コメント)

      Lol the people on the bases didn't even tag. They had no idea.

      [–]-epi- 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Seriously, I wish the gif showed the resulting triple play. Probably two outs tho.

      [–]Ugbrog 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

      Interestingly, the catch counted as soon as the first player touched it. If the runners were tagging and left at that point, they would be fine. So third base may have been tagging, obviously the guy from first is in trouble.

      [–]jnecr 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Naw, he gets home at about the same time as the other runner gets to second. Your rule is correct, and most people don't know it, but I think in this case there must have been two outs or else people would have tagged..

      [–]NoNeedForAName 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

      You just made me read up on baseball rules and yes, according to MLB rules, the runners can tag as soon as the first player touches the ball. I honestly never would have thought that, since in a normal situation they tag up after the out is made.

      [–]cclef615 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      might have been two outs

      [–]Insect_Man 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

      Where was the guy in the pink coming from?

      [–]Hoticewater -5ポイント-4ポイント  (0子コメント)

      Fucking Yankees.

      [–]fire3280 -4ポイント-3ポイント  (0子コメント)

      all flying balls do that. pingpong football(not your handegg) and so on.