Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has been on quite a tear since being secured from the Detroit Tigers just before the trade deadline, but imagine how dominant he would be if he had his triple-digit heat back and then some?
LIGHT-SPEED FASTBALL
Randall Munroe is the creator of a popular web comic called XKCD. He sometimes tackles hypothetical questions posed by readers and then illustrates the answer. In the following TED Talk he speculates what would transpire if a pitcher could throw at 90 percent the speed of light.
Randall Munroe: Baseball pitch at 90% speed of light. Result: Nuclear fallout = hit by pitch #ted2014 @TEDTalks #xkcd pic.twitter.com/Y2M9XSPpAP
— David Kwong (@davidkwong) March 22, 2014
Turns out pitching at near light speed doesn’t bode well for the pitcher, the batter, the catcher, the umpire, the ballpark, or the city. For the sake of Houston and all the MLB cities the Astros visit, Verlander will have to look for another way to intimidate opposing sluggers.
Tonight, Verlander will take the mound in Los Angeles where he will be aiming to secure the Astros their first World Series title after clinching the AL West title, division series and league championship series for the club.
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