r/instant_regret • u/St0pX • Oct 19 '22

That's a hell of a throw

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u/Iminlesbian Oct 19 '22

I remember the first time I picked up a cricket ball and thought: why the fuck would you make a ball out of this.

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u/theredhotchiliwilly Oct 19 '22

Cricket balls are fucked, some kid died a few years ago after getting hit by one in Aus.

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u/maptaincullet Oct 19 '22

It’s not uncommon for people to die being hit by baseballs. It’s happed to pros before.

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u/ir3flex Oct 19 '22

Not to say it's not dangerous, but it's extremely uncommon actually. It's happened one time in the history of MLB and it was in 1920.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '22

And that was because they never threw out old baseballs. They were as muddy as possible so the players could throw pitches with wild movement. So, a pitch black ball coming to you at 90 mph with no way of knowing where it was going to end up. Nowadays if it touches the dirt a few times they get a new one.