How Dangerous is a MLB Fastball?

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  • Throwing a Baseball 100MPH is the new norm in MLB...but just how dangerous is it to step in the box? What would happen if the baseball hit you?
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Komentáře • 311

  • @69ChevyGarage
    @69ChevyGarage Před rokem +151

    I've said this many times before, its a miracle baseball doesn't have more fatalities. I believe the last one was a few years ago when a line drive struck a 1st base coach in the neck, rupturing his artery and killing him instantly.

    • @918Boyz
      @918Boyz Před rokem +18

      That was Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh. It prompted a meeting where MLB general managers decided that all base coaches would wear helmets.

    • @YANKEESFAN4LIFENUMBER28RBG
      @YANKEESFAN4LIFENUMBER28RBG Před rokem

      ​@@918Boyz3:03 😊

    • @dwatts64
      @dwatts64 Před rokem +4

      Agreed. Between that and just how incredibly difficult hitting is in general, it's a wonder how so many people still play baseball. I mean come on, it's a sport in which if you FAIL slightly less often than 7 times out of 10, you're a star hitter. That's crazy.

    • @Fernando-qe3cr
      @Fernando-qe3cr Před 9 měsíci

      Poor man rip

    • @bonitageorge6410
      @bonitageorge6410 Před 4 měsíci

      Ouch that's sad, R.I.P

  • @GlennRiccobono
    @GlennRiccobono Před rokem +226

    I love that Momentum turned Kentucky Ballistics with baseballs
    🤣🤣🤣
    Fun episode
    😎

  • @davidankenbauer5631
    @davidankenbauer5631 Před rokem +139

    I like how Sim wasn't even in the batters box and he fell down 🤣🤣🤣

  • @chaseross8900
    @chaseross8900 Před rokem +51

    I think the only issue with the hand test was having up standing against the weight. Your hands would have room to get blown back from the impact, but with the weight it just takes all that pressure right in, increasing the damage

    • @comradesentournjr3696
      @comradesentournjr3696 Před rokem +5

      I was just thinking the same thing.. I think that's the only reason the thumb literally got ripped off. I would imagine that all of the other fractures would occur regardless though. Whether or not your hand has sufficient space to get blown backwards and absorb some of that energy from the moving ball, that's still a significant amount of energy that is going to transfer to and dissipate through the flesh and bones of your entire hand as soon as the ball makes contact with it. At 100 mph that's a shitload of energy.

    • @adriendebosse6941
      @adriendebosse6941 Před rokem +6

      @@comradesentournjr3696 If you're holding your bat, chances are that your hand will be stuck between the ball and the bat...

  • @stephenhiney5018
    @stephenhiney5018 Před rokem +44

    It's honestly astonishing the engineering behind modern helmets. The fact the helmet ate a 100mph fastball, and virtually nothing happened to the skull, it's nothing except impressive

  • @AaronReadingYo
    @AaronReadingYo Před rokem +44

    At a summer training camp in highschool (I was 15-16 I think?) I wore ~80 to the jaw. Luckily I was in the process of turning away from it, and no serious immediate injuries happened but I had all sorts of dental shift which required a ton of work over the course of years. Also for about 2 weeks after my neck muscles were SORE. Could barely turn my head. I simply cannot imagine the pain Giancarlo went through with a MUCH faster baseball. Terrifying.

  • @tylerpayne07
    @tylerpayne07 Před rokem +8

    Demolition Ranch, Momentum style. You guys should do more of this it’s entertaining as hell.

  • @kczcb4697
    @kczcb4697 Před rokem +25

    Would be cool to see a ballistic gel head in the role of a pitcher taking a hit ball to the dome. At elite level exit velocity. Also you guys aren’t allowed near destin’s baseball shooting cannon. That went through a entire body

  • @nickallen817
    @nickallen817 Před rokem +11

    I got hit directly on the orbital in high school. I was throwing 91, dude squared it up perfectly. No clue how fast it was going but I remember waking up being drug off 😂 no broken bones or black eye, just lots of swelling. 10/10 would not recommend

  • @chancesmith7018
    @chancesmith7018 Před rokem +7

    Had a dumb video idea, drywall strike zone battle. Each person has their own price that they have to protect and whoever has the most drywall left wins.

  • @malakaicasillas9798
    @malakaicasillas9798 Před rokem +5

    Her: he’s prolly cheating on me
    Him: destroying pumpkins with balls💀

    • @Matt-le5cc
      @Matt-le5cc Před měsícem

      I was gonna comment this lmao

  • @Icantforgetnow
    @Icantforgetnow Před rokem +15

    Would be interested to see a comebacker at like 115mph vs the padded pitcher hat

  • @DavidG1896
    @DavidG1896 Před rokem +4

    Seeing that ballistic head get hit reminds me on how my baseball career ended. I took a fast ball square to the face just bellow my nose when I was 9. I never stopped loving base ball and I always managed to still play softball after the accident.

  • @tylerjb3
    @tylerjb3 Před rokem +13

    Also have to account for the fact that you are hitting it with a kettlebell directly behind it a solid piece that that behind an object will always do substantially more damage.

    • @MegaHariboboy
      @MegaHariboboy Před rokem

      Exactly what I was thinking. The hand and baseball have nowhere to go, so it's just going to be completely crushed by the ball as the kettlebell is offering significant support.

  • @ryanstewart5365
    @ryanstewart5365 Před rokem +1

    Momentum went straight up Dr. Garand Thumb here😂

  • @korbinsworld24
    @korbinsworld24 Před rokem +3

    Momentum meets demolition ranch...

  • @jraabsicknasty
    @jraabsicknasty Před 9 měsíci +2

    Tosh’s face after Eric’s dumbness 😂

  • @backwoodhound3426
    @backwoodhound3426 Před rokem +4

    I love how this turned into Demolition Ranch with a baseball ⚾️ 😂

  • @FivePointsVids
    @FivePointsVids Před rokem +4

    This was amazing. Absolute banger!!!

    • @tyranttracergaming
      @tyranttracergaming Před rokem +2

      Your here? Sick!

    • @FivePointsVids
      @FivePointsVids Před rokem +1

      @@tyranttracergaming i've been out to the facility. It's somehow more fun than it looks.

    • @BrendanWoolwine
      @BrendanWoolwine Před rokem

      I love seeing people I’ve been subscribed to out in the wild, good to see you FivePoints!

    • @BrendanWoolwine
      @BrendanWoolwine Před rokem

      Also, I think you could go yard in that simulation. You should collaborate!

  • @farmerkevin
    @farmerkevin Před rokem +2

    It must have been hard to find a pumpkin larger than Sim's head. Nice video.

  • @jamesmatuszewski1044
    @jamesmatuszewski1044 Před rokem +3

    now that's how you carve a pumpkin

  • @TheSeedyParr
    @TheSeedyParr Před rokem +6

    Took a liner to the face while pitching in high school which broke my orbital and maxilla, then several years later had to have excess bone removed from my mouth as it had begun to cauliflower. Needless to say this video made my gut tingle, but it was interesting to see what likely happened in such detail and at the moment of impact.

    • @itzveqz8744
      @itzveqz8744 Před rokem

      Hope you don't get a long term effect

    • @TheSeedyParr
      @TheSeedyParr Před rokem +2

      @@itzveqz8744 It's been almost 30 years since it happened, and other than having a top plate/denture since I was 17, a twitchy eye that once it gets going will go nonstop for days, and a narrowed sinus cavity, everything turned out fine thankfully.

    • @hawaiianwater1913
      @hawaiianwater1913 Před rokem

      @@TheSeedyParr good for you👍👍

    • @Thatguyv25700
      @Thatguyv25700 Před 2 měsíci

      Bruthuuur. Late to the comments but holy smokes glad you’re good. It ain’t no joke getting beamed like that. No matter which way you stretch it.

  • @Daddy_Carti
    @Daddy_Carti Před rokem +2

    “it’s like my belly, it jiggles” ☠️☠️☠️

  • @dwatts64
    @dwatts64 Před rokem +1

    0:05 actually a crazy amount of good sportsmanship and genuine humanity in that clip. The moment the ball connected, you could see the pitcher was crushed, he felt so bad for hitting the batter in the head, and the catcher said fuck the ball and immediately went to the batter's aid. No one here wanted anyone to get hurt.

  • @irishfan1010
    @irishfan1010 Před rokem +7

    Of course Sim would be the one to get hit by the pot 😂

  • @Pitcher-23
    @Pitcher-23 Před rokem +2

    You guys a literally insane!!! Keep the content coming 🤣

  • @antman6072
    @antman6072 Před rokem +2

    9:50 I just remembered that Andrew McCutchen wore a pitch by Aroldis Chapman(Cincinnati Chapman)

  • @brandonjessee3241
    @brandonjessee3241 Před 11 měsíci

    Her: “He’s probably cheating on me right now.”
    Him: *destroying random objects with 100mph fastballs with the boys

  • @makado3170
    @makado3170 Před rokem +1

    Love to see your guys chemistry.
    Like perfect pieces of jigsaw matched 300%
    Love your contents and you guys ❤

  • @ktat01
    @ktat01 Před rokem +3

    Damn he prolly felt so good after he did the “pumpkin bunted” joke. That joke killed with that audience!

  • @digitalkonfusionjoe
    @digitalkonfusionjoe Před rokem +1

    who said playing with baseball equipment isn't fun....even if it's not for baseball....great stuff guys!!

  • @explainingbaseball7126

    Best momentum Video yet!

  • @coastercord
    @coastercord Před rokem +1

    I’m gonna start carving pumpkins with 100 mph fastballs 😂

  • @chirai_
    @chirai_ Před rokem +2

    This is one of those “ I bet he’s out cheating” moments

  • @davidkucera5465
    @davidkucera5465 Před rokem +2

    You guys should watch Smarter Every Day channel, he did a supersonic baseball cannon :D

  • @DionysusAlS
    @DionysusAlS Před rokem +2

    This was quite educational.

  • @jbaeta21
    @jbaeta21 Před rokem

    5:28 the faces 😂

  • @shierawesome
    @shierawesome Před 20 dny

    Long ago, a baseball player got hit in the head because he couldn't see the ball. Pitchers used tobacco spit to rub up the ball instead of mud, giving it a better grip and making it harder for batters to see. That player dying is what prompted them to no longer allow the tobacco on the balls and to make it where balls needed to be frequently changed.

  • @nekorb1010
    @nekorb1010 Před rokem +2

    GF: “He must be cheating on me!”
    BF:

  • @TheOGNubz
    @TheOGNubz Před 17 dny

    This answered so many questions for when my mom was 6 months pregnant with me and got into a car accident, causing my thumb to get knocked off. The momentum of the car and the sudden slam into the steering wheel? I've finally got the answers to how it could have looked. Unfortunately, it couldn't be found and saved by ice and a trip to the hospital so we forever have a thumb's down moment.

  • @obga18
    @obga18 Před rokem

    the tone of this video got serious with the hand. love it..good content.

  • @palmstopinesoutdoors9304

    The face tosh made was so good 👍 😩 😭

  • @Nellie-80
    @Nellie-80 Před rokem

    I loved this video idea and was laughing the whole time🤣🤣

  • @maryamkhan759
    @maryamkhan759 Před měsícem

    Bro was Peter griffin when he got hit by the plant piece 😂😂

  • @Beelzle_Bob
    @Beelzle_Bob Před rokem

    Her: He's probably cheating on me right now.
    Him w/ the boys: "Dude, let's shoot a baseball through a fucking pumpkin!"

  • @youngsiimba5482
    @youngsiimba5482 Před 5 měsíci

    I've just started binge watching these guys... HOW Does Eric manage to get hit or hurt in every video 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Joshua_Szymczak
    @Joshua_Szymczak Před rokem +4

    You guys should buy a phantom camera! Like one of the cameras that the slow mo guys have!! Would be really cool to see how Trevors mechanics and Eric's hitting at 50,000 fps!!

  • @mattshaw6259
    @mattshaw6259 Před rokem

    Loved this one

  • @digitalkonfusionjoe
    @digitalkonfusionjoe Před rokem

    you would have to reconduct this experiment because you have the hand sitting behind a dumbell....if you want to simulate this injury in a game you'd have to aim the ball at the hand with a bat in it where guys are most likely to get hit....like an inside pitch...see which bones it can break...but I live the pur destruction too!!! Kepp up the great content...we need you guys in the off season!

  • @nahvr
    @nahvr Před rokem

    Baseball bros carving pumpkins with baseballs should’ve been it’s own video in itself!

  • @kratonus9900
    @kratonus9900 Před rokem +1

    12:32 “Imagine shooting a man with your last bullet and he STANDS THERE, UNFAZED” -Top G

  • @lucasstaton2283
    @lucasstaton2283 Před rokem

    Eric getting hurt:
    Me: Ok Peter Griffin 😅😂

  • @robbiemurdza4115
    @robbiemurdza4115 Před rokem +2

    The one guy who continues to yell the speed of the ball as if he’s surprised. It’s not like they set the machine to 100mph or anything

  • @willmay1863
    @willmay1863 Před rokem

    Thank you for this education

  • @raybelanger5607
    @raybelanger5607 Před rokem

    and the guy with the Pats hat is the knowledgeable one. and as a former athletic trainer, that would be an 'Oh *BLEEP*!' moment with the hand.

  • @benketcham4787
    @benketcham4787 Před rokem +2

    I was just about to get my 100mph pitching machine to do this at my house but after that warning I decided not to

  • @ExpectEverything27
    @ExpectEverything27 Před rokem

    When you give teenage boys a pitching machine and household items.

  • @seanquillen3457
    @seanquillen3457 Před 7 měsíci

    Eric sounded like Peter Griffin when he skinned his knee

  • @jbarrysupers
    @jbarrysupers Před rokem

    That pumpkin did the juko jiggle

  • @MNSilent
    @MNSilent Před rokem

    The guy getting hit by the baseball at 5 seconds (Kevin Pillar) is my favorite player and you guys should do a collab some time it prob won’t happen but just an idea because he is solid on the field but even more off of it

  • @marcusparga2962
    @marcusparga2962 Před rokem

    The family guy reference when Eric got hit with shrapnel was comedy lmao

  • @dunkyboy66
    @dunkyboy66 Před rokem +2

    Welp now I know not to be scared of the ball😂😂😂

  • @bushputz
    @bushputz Před rokem

    Your cleaning service is gonna LOVE you after this one...

  • @mikehock9166
    @mikehock9166 Před rokem

    The average force of a fastball while it is experiencing acceleration is 144.9J. Which is the same amount of energy as lifting a 21.4 lb weight 5 feet off the ground or lifting a 48.5 lb weight 1 foot off the ground.
    Instead of doing my English paper that's due at midnight, I'm going to calculate how much energy a fastball has. I was going to calculate how much kinetic energy there is once the ball reaches the pitcher but then I remembered I'm bad at physics. If any of you know how to do physics, the very last paragraph is my attempt to calculate that so feel free to correct me.
    For my measurements I'm going to use
    100 mph (44.704 m/s) for velocity (v),
    60 feet 6 inches (18.4404 m) for distance (d),
    for weight I used 5.1 oz (0.145 kg) for mass (m)
    I'm also ignoring air friction. The distance is the distance between the pitchers mound and the batter, and the weight is the average weight of a MLB baseball.
    Work (w), Kinetic energy (KE), Gravity ((g)=9.81m/s^2), Joules (J)
    W=1/2mv^2 so (0.5*0.145*44.704^2) is the work being done by the pitcher. Because of the work energy theorem we know that the initial kinetic energy of the ball is 144.9 Joules of energy which is the exact same as the work being done. For reference, a 22 lb weight moving at 11 mph has a kinetic energy of 125 Joules and a 22lr right after being shot has a kinetic energy of 162 Joules. Its also the same exact kinetic energy as lifting a 21.4 lb weight 5 feet off the ground (144.9/(1.524*9.81)). < used KE=mgh rearranged (KE/gh =m).
    W=Fd so I should divide 144.9J by 18.4404m to find force but that gives me 7.86 which I feel is wrong due to all of the accounts of ppl getting badly hurt by fastballs. Maybe I'm not using the right equation. F=ma to find acceleration I'm going to use a=(vf^2-vi^2)/2d. I got 54.19 m/s^2. Using F=ma, I found that the force was still 7.857. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong someone pls help. How do people break their bones from a fastball.

  • @heethen112
    @heethen112 Před rokem

    Wow! Great content

  • @jplayzow
    @jplayzow Před rokem +1

    this is an excellent helmet commercial

  • @tylerbailey6193
    @tylerbailey6193 Před rokem

    ‘He’s probably cheating on me!’ Watches stuff explode

  • @LandonBikes
    @LandonBikes Před rokem

    We love Tim’s pats hat

  • @christophersiefken2836
    @christophersiefken2836 Před měsícem

    That first shot to the hand was brutal looking. But then they did it again and we got second hand information.

  • @100Franky
    @100Franky Před rokem

    Imagine a MLB player gets mad and throws a rock at u

  • @rileym6844
    @rileym6844 Před rokem

    Look at Kiev’s face as soon as they hit the drywall 😂😂😂

  • @StadiumLandings
    @StadiumLandings Před rokem

    Took a line drive going probably 70mph to the face and it broke my maxillary bone. Thankfully that was the extent of it and didn't need surgery or anything, just a couple of months of rest and recovery. Taking 100mph would be ridiculous, don't know how big leaguers do it!

  • @jacksonsabominationofachan7761

    Bro Eric sounded like a Jack-o-lantern after he put it up to his eye.

  • @Endlers
    @Endlers Před rokem

    the peter griffin reference lol!

  • @joshhunter1338
    @joshhunter1338 Před rokem +3

    Fuckin crazy 🤕☠️
    Jackie Robinson would’ve chin checked that shit 💪🏼 😂

  • @genmysters
    @genmysters Před rokem

    Thats how you carve a pumpkin. Need a light for that on Halloween next year. Also Attach the hand to a bat and try it again. The hand is more flexible than having it sit against a 25 pound steel kettle bell.

  • @mikaelfebrianto9613
    @mikaelfebrianto9613 Před rokem

    Great videos

  • @ginohulleza1046
    @ginohulleza1046 Před rokem

    The fact Eric got folded without being at the plate from the potted plant is wild

  • @cdeanda21
    @cdeanda21 Před rokem

    This gives me PTSD. I took a foul tip off the thumb of a catcher's mitt. Broke and dislocated my thumb.

  • @mikeholley4488
    @mikeholley4488 Před 3 měsíci

    I wonder what that machine can launch besides baseballs and tennis balls? Flashbangs, bricks, shaving cream, etc!

  • @TheOnlyColtonPlayzYt
    @TheOnlyColtonPlayzYt Před rokem

    Bro Eric hit u with that Peter griffin

  • @Haydenjones69420
    @Haydenjones69420 Před měsícem

    I had to agree with eric on the dry wall because it makes sense about the speed and how thin drywall actually is and I would know that because I put a prime bottle through my drywall wall and i was so shocked cause it went straight through

  • @TheiPad
    @TheiPad Před rokem

    It’s worth noting that ballistics gel has an inherent flaw. There are zero muscles and zero tendons. Dermal tissue and adipose tissue (that ballistic gel mimics) does not have the same tensile strength as muscles tendons and ligaments. While the finger did detach on the model, it would be very very unlikely for that to actually occur.

  • @ICYMANVR14
    @ICYMANVR14 Před 3 měsíci

    Eric turned into Peter griffin when he hurt his knee

  • @chrisbrann2550
    @chrisbrann2550 Před měsícem

    That is an amazing example! I could watch this over and over! Thank you for your content guys, love this channel!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️

  • @TheCobraKing78
    @TheCobraKing78 Před měsícem +1

    Women: men are so complicated
    Men:

  • @jt1883
    @jt1883 Před 3 měsíci

    Its always Eric getting hurt lol

  • @duckygames2721
    @duckygames2721 Před rokem

    What a vid the pumpkin was completely satisfying

  • @Slayerformayor1983
    @Slayerformayor1983 Před rokem

    Who tf would think a single sheet of drywall would take 2 100 mph baseballs? If drywall was better at taking baseball throws, I wouldn’t have gotten my ass beat so much as a kid.

  • @Baseball_solo
    @Baseball_solo Před rokem

    I just want to say I love you guys so much bro I wish I was better at baseball I quitting the sport I am playing now bc I want to play baseball

  • @flyinglopeard8666
    @flyinglopeard8666 Před rokem

    That is crazy though

  • @complexity5545
    @complexity5545 Před rokem

    I am actually making a container for a 3d printer. The drywall target made me triple it up the thickness.

  • @Bobby-Dingers
    @Bobby-Dingers Před rokem

    That's a sweet jack-o-lantern

  • @juliany.6306
    @juliany.6306 Před rokem

    Girl: He's probably out cheating
    Him:

  • @the_darkside_fpv
    @the_darkside_fpv Před rokem

    I love you guys I swear

  • @aidansmith2779
    @aidansmith2779 Před rokem +2

    I think we all subconsciously knew 100mph was dangerous, it's seeing how dangerous the 100mph actually is, is the part that's scary,
    Anyways, Eric would defiantly take 9 Fastballs to the Face before tapping out because he got hungry, that's my bet.

  • @Your_Mailman_Grows_7121

    Damn....terrifying

  • @larryatkins6849
    @larryatkins6849 Před rokem

    Love the content, boys!

  • @MObasketball5
    @MObasketball5 Před rokem +1

    I was hitting as a righty and I was coming around to swing, I was facing a lefty who just threw a slider so I was sitting fastball but he threw another slider and I was coming around but held up my swing but as my face was turned to him I caught the slider with my right eye. It basically blinded me on my right eye and broke multiple bones in my face. I was a good college prospect but it sadly ended my career entirely. 😢

  • @bogib8113
    @bogib8113 Před rokem

    the reason the hand breaks so easily is because the weight behind the hand. its like putting your hand against the wall and someone punching it, it will hurt more then someone hitting it without something behind it. the wall is pushing back and helping the force hit. take the weight away the hand will be able to swing and take the balls force.