Watch Shohei Ohtani throw a pitch 102 mph

[Diamond_Dog]

His personal record fastest pitch. He threw it yesterday in the WBC game vs. Italy.

You could hit that, couldn’t you ???

https://www.mlb.com/news/ohtani-sets-new-personal-record-for-fastest-pitch?partnerID=web_article-share

[chicoescuela]

1. Nope. You can hear it better than you can see.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Mr. Diamond said

Hit it? I wouldn’t even SEE it.

[Clash City Rocker]

2. No, but the really scary thing is...he could hit that

I mean, if he wasn’t the one throwing it.

A great pitcher who’s also a quality hitter, that’s almost unnatural. The last great pitcher who could hit that well was Babe Ruth, and he got moved to right field. But this guy can keep pitching and still hit like that.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. Yes

He is the closest thing to a modern day Babe Ruth

[Probatim]

5. I remember Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Corolla at Dodgers training camp.

Corolla was taking a turn at the plate and the pitcher threw one high and tight - Corolla crapped his pants, hit the dirt, and left the box.

Tommy Lasorda laid into him as Kimmel was roaring with laughter.

A pitch like that would scare the shit out of anyone but a pro ball player.

[Diamond_Dog]

6. So true!

Just think if he had the Bob Gibson stare! He’d be virtually unhittable.

[Journeyman]

7. My fear would be that I *would* hit it . . .

probably shatter my wrists, my forearms, and possibly both my elbows. I'd get some distance on the ball, maybe as far as second base, but that'd be almost entirely the kinetic force of the pitch.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Especially if it was a cold day! Yikes.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Without Special Training...

...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.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. I read somewhere

That MLB players have the best hand-eye coordination out of all professional sports athletes.

And you’d still need some luck to hit that pitch.