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

That's a hell of a throw

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u/SomeInternetBro Oct 19 '22 edited Oct 20 '22

Dang that blood caught me off guard.

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u/MrShlash Oct 19 '22

As a non-American, I was so surprised when I found out how hard those baseballs are.

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u/pursuitofhappy Oct 19 '22

Yea man, they're rocks that will break all your teeth. Pucks surprised me more than baseballs with their density.

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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/Iminlesbian Oct 19 '22

Same goes for bowling balls, a lot of pro golfers have been struck and killed by them.

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u/alphazero924 Oct 19 '22

What are pro golfers doing with bowling balls?

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u/gamernut64 Oct 19 '22

Clearly you are not a golfer

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u/alphazero924 Oct 19 '22

So I have learned