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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

Is it Theoretically possible to get a home run off a bunt? If so how does the mechanics and speed of it work?

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Is it Theoretically possible to get a home run off a bunt? If so how does the mechanics and speed of it work?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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    Someone might be along to do the actual math, but the base answer is that there really isn’t a way for a true, over the wall, home run to occur from a bunt.

    Okay, yeah…so I spent way too much time doing just that. tl;dr the pitcher would have to literally pitch his own arm off.

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