FSN Sport Science - Episode 4 - Cheap Shots - BeanBall

[Santana2163]

Since when does pitchers who deliberately aim at the batter's head throw at 95 MPH? They normally be slower than that

[7mrbaseball]

our high school helmets are better than those

[themattyiceshow]

Shit is that what they do

[101aob]

batters turn their head away from the ball, they dont just stand there and take it

[baseballkidmw2]

@BIGBOY691990 ohh u talking about meters

[BPo75]

Only two things to keep track of:

1) Are the pitchers throwing less hard today than before?

2) Are the helmets used today less protective than before?

If the answer to these are no, then the conclusion simply is:

wear a helmet.

[BIGBOY691990]

bro 103 is slow i can throw 115 but i'm an aussie no one does baseball here

[26mckayb]

@BIGBOY691990 115 my ass haha your full of shit i don't care where you come from.

[NGFYGaming]

my school has that pitching machine and it goes up to 100 top and bottom tire

[Evilmonkey216]

Okay obviously acouple of thing are wroung here the helmet being different now and one thing our coach tells us is to turn and let it hit us F*** that if the ball is a fastball it dosnt move away alot crouch and avoid that dam ball now curv balls are different they move

[martialme84]

How the heck do baseballs get this fast in a game? Can a thrower reach this speed and force???

[DelReal420]

@martialme84 yes

[thekidofpt1]

@martialme84 yes, its actually not uncommon for a pitcher to throw that fast. the fastest pitchers can throw over 100

[mphof74]

@martialme84 Yeah. they've hit 108 but its rare to get over 103

[Rikk1825]

what if it hits you in the face?

[JSasRays]

@Rikk1825 then youre an idiot batter. a batters reaction time should be good enough to at least turn away

[coolkidcater]

@Rikk1825 this your fucked

[CombatMTv3]

Not catastrophic? What about David Wright i 9 or Francisco Cervelli during Spring Training getting a concussion?

[justinlawlz]

@CombatMTv3 By catastrophic he meant that the batters skull is still in one piece

[bloodriotiori]

my favorite part of this was the part where they showed how fucking stupid people used to be. Ya, i'm pretty sure at ANY point and time where helmets were available, if i i was playing a sport or anything where there were projectiles flying at me from anywhere, that were fast enough to do this kind of damage, i wouldn't have to wait for a ruling stating i HAVE to wear a helmet, iw ould have already had the fucker on lol.

[stickmedia1]

im sorry crash!!!!!!!!!!! :(

[bigdd91]

that helmet is a helmet for tee ballers get a mlb helmet that can take a 100 mph fastball

[sliver321123]

FSN:

Fucking Silly Nonsense?

False Science; Nincompoops!

Facts, Science, Not!

Good god this show is consistently retarded.

[khazal12]

lol a bean ball without a helmet is 318 HIC value whilst on fight science, a bas rutten left hook was about 390 HIC value. does this mean that bas can break a skull in half with one hook?! no because this show is always contradicting itself.

[Inv4derxXx]

his is 390 because the energy is focused on the tips of his knuckles, which are smaller than a baseball... def enough to cause a sever concussion/ broken jaw

[LiNaK37]

@khazal12 Bas's hand isn't as hard as a fucking baseball you jackass

[khazal12]

@LiNaK37 thats what i mean, i dont think you understood the last sentence i wrote explaining that this cant be true and this show is always contradicting itself.

[LiNaK37]

@khazal12 No, you said that since a bean ball has a 318 HIC value Bas Rutten can't have a higher HIC value, which isn't true, because there's more to a head injury than broken bones, you have concussions and knock outs and such. A punch from Bas would cause more brain damage and less facial damage.

[khazal12]

@LiNaK37 ok fair enough :)

[alcibiates]

I caught a pitch right above my left eye as a teenager in baseball... I still don't play catch because the injury was so bad.

How many bowlers actually throw 90mph? Most cricket bowling I see is closer to 70mph, which would hit with about half the force of a 90mph fastball. Seeing a cricket ball is a lot easier than a baseball when it's thrown because of it's path--you get about .25 seconds to turn your face out of the way of a fastball to the head.

[jay123tysk]

Well there are many types of bowlers in cricket. Fast bowlers are the ones who bowl fast. So if saw a swing or spin bowler than yes it may be 70 mph. But a fast bowler like Shaun Tait, Shoaib Akthar or Bree Lee are vey very quick even surpassing 100mph sometimes . what makes facing a cricket bowl harder is that it moves in the air or off the ground. It does not come straigth at you. It can change direction just before it reaches you. you might think it's fare away and then you're hit!

[zackketterer]

even if u do get hit in the face with a pitch tough it out i mean if u still love baseball u wouldnt quit the game

[lonski10]

dude ur stupid how would u like it if a 95 mph ball hit u in the face

[dotanooblar]

unless you die from it lol

[nk7792]

for interests sake americans should have a look at a bouncer in cricket aimed at the head. 90 - 95mph rising at the chin or ribs just as dangerous, however not illegal

[reymysterio61900]

dude baseballs come that fast to and the do come at your head and your whole body

[nk7792]

yes but you wouldnt recieve 4 5 or 6 of them at your body in a row

[TheLuckiLuciano]

ya, its impossiable to go that fast without spin..... a ball needs bullet spinn to even go 90, let alone 95..

[jaypeddie]

those pitching machines can reach well over 100... i wonder if they may have stretched the truth for the sake of good television

[litojonny]

@jaypeddie well not many pitchers can throw over 100

[Cboisen10]

@jaypeddie ya think....no shit they do things for higher ratings...no ratings=no show

[jaypeddie]

@Cboisen10 listen fucknut i dont want to be woken up by an email alert saying you are responding to a youtube comment i posted 2 fucktacular years ago so why dont you take your bullshit comments, put them in that goddamn pitching machine and fire them straight up your asshole

[PaulSoth]

Bad memories of taking a pitch to the face in little league. No injuries, but I can still remember it. I don't even want to think about what a pitch from an adult would be like.

[bodge123]

slam this tight lil ass =]? X

[jagcardinals22]

its like that pic of alfonso sorianos helmet being smashed

[lindauer4]

i was on first base and my friend hit a line drive strait 4 my head i stepped off and got sht yeeled at me by the players and people in th stands

[HVACSucks]

Its a cool test but I do see a problem that helmet is not approved for major league thats like a Wally World softball/ rec baseball helmet even college and most high school team use better helmets than that if they did it with a major league approved helmet rated for a 95 mph pitch theyd probly have alot different results

[FujiExpress]

also its not realistic

the batter moves away when seeing the pitch come at his head so he's taking away from the baseball's speed

[goldennugget01]

not really, you bassically only get time to move your head to the side so it will hit the helmet, not your face

[FujiExpress]

yeah but i mean u still go away from it

on this it shows that the batter will completely stand still and it will hit right on

most batters will try to duck or avoid it and it will glance off the side of the helmet

[goldennugget01]

but it won't make a big difference.

and moving away just proves more that a helmet is good, so it doesn't matter

[FujiExpress]

it will make a difference

just like in boxing would u rather have a hook connect straight with ur jaw or glance off of it

[jaypeddie]

i agree, you don't move away fast enough to take away from the speed of the pitch, but you do move away fast enough to make a direct hit a glancing blow

[shivalingham]

@HVACSucks

Your criticism is not accurate. The helmet used had preciselly the same impact absorption as the major-league version at that time. What would be the point of conducting a scientific experiment without replicating all pertinent factors perfectly? Of course, such equipment is being constantly improved, so the present-day results would have to be adjusted accordingly.

[ThisUhDude]

@shivalingham stfu noone cares

[Baseball9five]

@HVACSucks major league helmets are actually worse then the one they used, its not safe but it just how it is most major league helmets are worse,

[shinigami01]

LOL the helmet wobbled like Jello. That was fun to watch xD

[T4dtribe]

i've been hit in the head, honest to god the helmet saved my life! that pitch was coming super fast, and getting hit right in the temple could've killed me. i was startled to say the least.

[starwarssuck]

Cool vids!!

[board9]

i've been hit in the head with a helmet on. it made my helmet fly off and gave me a big time head ache

[halohomer]

ive been hit on the ear piece and it broke off, i fell down, the umpire thought i was knocked out and called for a medic. I was up and walking toward 1st pretty fast - helmet saved my ass, it hit where the temple of your eye is. Getting hit there is lethal.

[thetaxidermist]

i've been hit in the head with a fastball with a helmet on. The helmet really makes a difference.

[BTtotheP918]

abefar12 is a complete idiot

[egg64]

PAYN.

[abefar12]

This is all bull, only one guy have ever died in Baseball, and 1000 of people have been hit in the head by a beanball..

[Knightmare44]

his is all bull, only one guy have ever died in Baseball, and 1000 of people have been hit in the head by a beanball..

did you watch the video? it says with a helmet it's not catastrophic injury. but way to blow your load.

[thetaxidermist]

I know a kid who died playing baseball after getting hit in the head with a baseball.

[coolkidcater]

@abefar12 LMAO YOUR A DUMBASS!!!

[penguboy18]

lol kick ass