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I think I have this book, it is wonderful. It talks about the nuclear explosion that would result of you tried to hiy a baseball traveling at the speed of light
by everdev 8y ago
I think I have this book, it is wonderful. It talks about the nuclear explosion that would result of you tried to hiy a baseball traveling at the speed of light.
- dotancohen 8y agoYes, that's the first What-If in the book. If I remember correctly, the nuclear explosion is from the fusion of the atoms in the air molecules building up in front of baseball, before it even gets to the bat!
- buzer 8y agohttps://what-if.xkcd.com/1/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/ > Everything within roughly a mile of the park is leveled, and a firestorm engulfs the surrounding city. The baseball diamond is now a sizable crater, centered a few hundred feet behind the former location of the backstop. > A careful reading of official Major League Baseball Rule 6.08(b) suggests that in this situation, the batter would be considered "hit by pitch", and would be eligible to advance to first base.