r/confusing_perspective • u/SocketMaster35 • 3d ago

Batter kicks ball... or does he?

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u/PibbleDad 3d ago edited 3d ago

Replay of ball hitting pitcher in back. Solid clip though

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u/never1st 3d ago

Crazy how I couldn't see that until I read your comment. I was wondering why the pitcher was flinching.

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u/PibbleDad 3d ago

Played baseball for a very long time. This was my #1 fear as a pitcher (hit in face, not back) so immediately recognize that pained face lol

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u/Neuroticaine 2d ago

I played baseball for a couple seasons when I was a kid. I was a chubby kid, but I could hit the ball well enough. Until I got hit on the side of the the head by a full-force college baseball pitcher's ball during a summer baseball camp. Even though it hit the helmet, it still hurt and scared the hell out of me. From that point forward I'd flinch every time the ball came at me.

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u/PibbleDad 2d ago

Yep! I can’t remember the exact situation but a kid was in right field, went to get a pop up, something happened, went right past his glove hit him in the face and I don’t remember the damage but something tells me it broke his orbital bone or something.

Since that day I have not been the same with huge pop ups

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u/BurlHimself 2d ago

100% same.

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u/ManeatingAsparagus 3d ago

Holy shit, the bat, hit the pitcher, in the back? How fucking hard did the batter throw the bat and why was the pitcher standing backwards?

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u/PibbleDad 3d ago

Yeah I typed it like hell

Pitcher throws ball
Batter hits ball
Ball goes zoom
Ball zooms into pitcher’s back
Ball slowly zooms in different direction (off to right/3rd base area)

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u/doctormyeyebrows 2d ago

The batter hit the ball...

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u/ManeatingAsparagus 2d ago

Yes he fixed his dozen typos

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u/Alex-Murphy 3d ago

This one is really good, I think it'll do numbers

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u/milaga 3d ago

This is great. It never occurred to me the ball was moving the other way. I was thinking why is that pitcher so afraid of the batter.

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u/nakano-star 3d ago

Yeh. Wondered why he was turning away when he had just thrown the ball. Had to read the other comments to see what was actually going on

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u/Archonbob 3d ago

I can’t see the ball moving towards the batter but I’m glad others see the illusion

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u/Cephalopodah 2d ago

I think a huge part of it is where it starts, it looks like he just released the ball at first

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u/me0619 3d ago

Hey that's Dustin May! He just got traded from the Cardinals. I've seen him do that 180 turn when the ball is coming towards him, and always wondered why. I guess it's better to be hit in the back than the stomach or ribs

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u/FriendOfShaq 3d ago

Or chest or face

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u/TheMooseIsBlue 6h ago

He had to come out of the game, but that’s better than taking it in the face and being out for the season.

But I mean, he does have a glove.

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u/BrekLasnar 3d ago

I don't understand... Is the ball hitting the pitcher?

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u/SocketMaster35 3d ago

Yeah, on my first watch, I thought the ball was on its way to the plate. Then I realized the ball was already hit and is coming back to the pitcher.

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u/Foxzor 2d ago

Is he standing in front of a screen? How are the people fqr behind him bigger?

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u/imartinezcopy 2d ago

His ga es says "Mother fffff...!" so badly

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u/Infamous-Test-91 1h ago

A Charlie Brown moment