How Dangerous is a MLB Fastball?

Throwing a Baseball 100MPH is the new norm in MLB...but just how dangerous is it to step in the box? What would happen if the baseball hit you?
Find out in our newest video.
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[@69ChevyGarage]

I've said this many times before, its a miracle baseball doesn't have more fatalities. I believe the last one was a few years ago when a line drive struck a 1st base coach in the neck, rupturing his artery and killing him instantly.

[@918Boyz]

That was Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh. It prompted a meeting where MLB general managers decided that all base coaches would wear helmets.

[@YANKEESFAN4LIFENUMBER28RBG]

​@@918Boyz3:03 😊

[@dwatts64]

Agreed. Between that and just how incredibly difficult hitting is in general, it's a wonder how so many people still play baseball. I mean come on, it's a sport in which if you FAIL slightly less often than 7 times out of 10, you're a star hitter. That's crazy.

[@Fernando-qe3cr]

Poor man rip

[@bonitageorge6410]

Ouch that's sad, R.I.P

[@GlennRiccobono]

I love that Momentum turned Kentucky Ballistics with baseballs 🤣🤣🤣 Fun episode 😎

[@far3149]

That where I live

[@tyranttracergaming]

@@far3149 who asked

[@TheJustusLeague98]

@@tyranttracergaming no hate man 😂😂 don’t clown yourself

[@121789]

@@far3149ok

[@Fernando-qe3cr]

Next is 50 cal baseball vs human head

[@davidankenbauer5631]

I like how Sim wasn't even in the batters box and he fell down 🤣🤣🤣

[@MonkeyKingXiaoMin]

Master of the art of getting folded

[@davidankenbauer5631]

@@MonkeyKingXiaoMin 🤣🤣 you ain't kidding

[@AwesomeDude8464]

lol 🤣🤣🤣

[@chaseross8900]

I think the only issue with the hand test was having up standing against the weight. Your hands would have room to get blown back from the impact, but with the weight it just takes all that pressure right in, increasing the damage

[@comradesentournjr3696]

I was just thinking the same thing.. I think that's the only reason the thumb literally got ripped off. I would imagine that all of the other fractures would occur regardless though. Whether or not your hand has sufficient space to get blown backwards and absorb some of that energy from the moving ball, that's still a significant amount of energy that is going to transfer to and dissipate through the flesh and bones of your entire hand as soon as the ball makes contact with it. At 100 mph that's a shitload of energy.

[@adriendebosse6941]

@@comradesentournjr3696 If you're holding your bat, chances are that your hand will be stuck between the ball and the bat...

[@AaronReadingYo]

At a summer training camp in highschool (I was 15-16 I think?) I wore ~80 to the jaw. Luckily I was in the process of turning away from it, and no serious immediate injuries happened but I had all sorts of dental shift which required a ton of work over the course of years. Also for about 2 weeks after my neck muscles were SORE. Could barely turn my head. I simply cannot imagine the pain Giancarlo went through with a MUCH faster baseball. Terrifying.

[@stephenhiney5018]

It's honestly astonishing the engineering behind modern helmets. The fact the helmet ate a 100mph fastball, and virtually nothing happened to the skull, it's nothing except impressive

[@chancesmith7018]

Had a dumb video idea, drywall strike zone battle. Each person has their own price that they have to protect and whoever has the most drywall left wins.

[@tylerpayne07]

Demolition Ranch, Momentum style. You guys should do more of this it’s entertaining as hell.

[@kczcb4697]

Would be cool to see a ballistic gel head in the role of a pitcher taking a hit ball to the dome. At elite level exit velocity. Also you guys aren’t allowed near destin’s baseball shooting cannon. That went through a entire body

[@malakaicasillas9798]

Her: he’s prolly cheating on me Him: destroying pumpkins with balls💀

[@Matt-le5cc]

I was gonna comment this lmao

[@nickallen817]

I got hit directly on the orbital in high school. I was throwing 91, dude squared it up perfectly. No clue how fast it was going but I remember waking up being drug off 😂 no broken bones or black eye, just lots of swelling. 10/10 would not recommend

[@tylerjb3]

Also have to account for the fact that you are hitting it with a kettlebell directly behind it a solid piece that that behind an object will always do substantially more damage.

[@MegaHariboboy]

Exactly what I was thinking. The hand and baseball have nowhere to go, so it's just going to be completely crushed by the ball as the kettlebell is offering significant support.

[@DavidG1896]

Seeing that ballistic head get hit reminds me on how my baseball career ended. I took a fast ball square to the face just bellow my nose when I was 9. I never stopped loving base ball and I always managed to still play softball after the accident.

[@Icantforgetnow]

Would be interested to see a comebacker at like 115mph vs the padded pitcher hat

[@jraabsicknasty]

Tosh’s face after Eric’s dumbness 😂

[@farmerkevin]

It must have been hard to find a pumpkin larger than Sim's head. Nice video.

[@makado3170]

Love to see your guys chemistry. Like perfect pieces of jigsaw matched 300% Love your contents and you guys ❤

[@irishfan1010]

Of course Sim would be the one to get hit by the pot 😂

[@Pitcher-23]

You guys a literally insane!!! Keep the content coming 🤣

[@backwoodhound3426]

I love how this turned into Demolition Ranch with a baseball ⚾️ 😂

[@Daddy_Carti]

“it’s like my belly, it jiggles” ☠️☠️☠️

[@jamesmatuszewski1044]

now that's how you carve a pumpkin

[@TheSeedyParr]

Took a liner to the face while pitching in high school which broke my orbital and maxilla, then several years later had to have excess bone removed from my mouth as it had begun to cauliflower. Needless to say this video made my gut tingle, but it was interesting to see what likely happened in such detail and at the moment of impact.

[@itzveqz8744]

Hope you don't get a long term effect

[@TheSeedyParr]

@@itzveqz8744 It's been almost 30 years since it happened, and other than having a top plate/denture since I was 17, a twitchy eye that once it gets going will go nonstop for days, and a narrowed sinus cavity, everything turned out fine thankfully.

[@hawaiianwater1913]

@@TheSeedyParr good for you👍👍

[@Thatguyv25700]

Bruthuuur. Late to the comments but holy smokes glad you’re good. It ain’t no joke getting beamed like that. No matter which way you stretch it.

[@FivePointsVids]

This was amazing. Absolute banger!!!

[@tyranttracergaming]

Your here? Sick!

[@FivePointsVids]

@@tyranttracergaming i've been out to the facility. It's somehow more fun than it looks.

[@BrendanWoolwine]

I love seeing people I’ve been subscribed to out in the wild, good to see you FivePoints!

[@BrendanWoolwine]

Also, I think you could go yard in that simulation. You should collaborate!

[@ktat01]

Damn he prolly felt so good after he did the “pumpkin bunted” joke. That joke killed with that audience!

[@Chanterprise]

Hahaha. LIFT SMALL BUNT THE BALL!

[@digitalkonfusionjoe]

who said playing with baseball equipment isn't fun....even if it's not for baseball....great stuff guys!!

[@antman6072]

9:50 I just remembered that Andrew McCutchen wore a pitch by Aroldis Chapman(Cincinnati Chapman)

[@dwatts64]

0:05 actually a crazy amount of good sportsmanship and genuine humanity in that clip. The moment the ball connected, you could see the pitcher was crushed, he felt so bad for hitting the batter in the head, and the catcher said fuck the ball and immediately went to the batter's aid. No one here wanted anyone to get hurt.

[@digitalkonfusionjoe]

you would have to reconduct this experiment because you have the hand sitting behind a dumbell....if you want to simulate this injury in a game you'd have to aim the ball at the hand with a bat in it where guys are most likely to get hit....like an inside pitch...see which bones it can break...but I live the pur destruction too!!! Kepp up the great content...we need you guys in the off season!

[@davidkucera5465]

You guys should watch Smarter Every Day channel, he did a supersonic baseball cannon :D

[@obga18]

the tone of this video got serious with the hand. love it..good content.

[@ryanstewart5365]

Momentum went straight up Dr. Garand Thumb here😂

[@DionysusAlS]

This was quite educational.

[@chirai_]

This is one of those “ I bet he’s out cheating” moments

[@explainingbaseball7126]

Best momentum Video yet!

[@MNSilent]

The guy getting hit by the baseball at 5 seconds (Kevin Pillar) is my favorite player and you guys should do a collab some time it prob won’t happen but just an idea because he is solid on the field but even more off of it

[@palmstopinesoutdoors9304]

The face tosh made was so good 👍 😩 😭

[@Nellie-80]

I loved this video idea and was laughing the whole time🤣🤣

[@Joshua_Szymczak]

You guys should buy a phantom camera! Like one of the cameras that the slow mo guys have!! Would be really cool to see how Trevors mechanics and Eric's hitting at 50,000 fps!!

[@nahvr]

Baseball bros carving pumpkins with baseballs should’ve been it’s own video in itself!

[@nekorb1010]

GF: “He must be cheating on me!” BF:

[@robbiemurdza4115]

The one guy who continues to yell the speed of the ball as if he’s surprised. It’s not like they set the machine to 100mph or anything

[@benketcham4787]

I was just about to get my 100mph pitching machine to do this at my house but after that warning I decided not to

[@jbaeta21]

5:28 the faces 😂

[@coastercord]

I’m gonna start carving pumpkins with 100 mph fastballs 😂

[@korbinsworld24]

Momentum meets demolition ranch...

[@kratonus9900]

12:32 “Imagine shooting a man with your last bullet and he STANDS THERE, UNFAZED” -Top G

[@StadiumLandings]

Took a line drive going probably 70mph to the face and it broke my maxillary bone. Thankfully that was the extent of it and didn't need surgery or anything, just a couple of months of rest and recovery. Taking 100mph would be ridiculous, don't know how big leaguers do it!

[@joshhunter1338]

Fuckin crazy 🤕☠️ Jackie Robinson would’ve chin checked that shit 💪🏼 😂

[@raybelanger5607]

and the guy with the Pats hat is the knowledgeable one. and as a former athletic trainer, that would be an 'Oh *BLEEP*!' moment with the hand.

[@marcusparga2962]

The family guy reference when Eric got hit with shrapnel was comedy lmao

[@mattshaw6259]

Loved this one

[@rileym6844]

Look at Kiev’s face as soon as they hit the drywall 😂😂😂

[@shierawesome]

Long ago, a baseball player got hit in the head because he couldn't see the ball. Pitchers used tobacco spit to rub up the ball instead of mud, giving it a better grip and making it harder for batters to see. That player dying is what prompted them to no longer allow the tobacco on the balls and to make it where balls needed to be frequently changed.

[@dunkyboy66]

Welp now I know not to be scared of the ball😂😂😂

[@bushputz]

Your cleaning service is gonna LOVE you after this one...

[@youngsiimba5482]

I've just started binge watching these guys... HOW Does Eric manage to get hit or hurt in every video 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brandonjessee3241]

Her: “He’s probably cheating on me right now.” Him: *destroying random objects with 100mph fastballs with the boys

[@maryamkhan759]

Bro was Peter griffin when he got hit by the plant piece 😂😂

[@MObasketball5]

I was hitting as a righty and I was coming around to swing, I was facing a lefty who just threw a slider so I was sitting fastball but he threw another slider and I was coming around but held up my swing but as my face was turned to him I caught the slider with my right eye. It basically blinded me on my right eye and broke multiple bones in my face. I was a good college prospect but it sadly ended my career entirely. 😢

[@ginohulleza1046]

The fact Eric got folded without being at the plate from the potted plant is wild

[@mikehock9166]

The average force of a fastball while it is experiencing acceleration is 144.9J. Which is the same amount of energy as lifting a 21.4 lb weight 5 feet off the ground or lifting a 48.5 lb weight 1 foot off the ground. Instead of doing my English paper that's due at midnight, I'm going to calculate how much energy a fastball has. I was going to calculate how much kinetic energy there is once the ball reaches the pitcher but then I remembered I'm bad at physics. If any of you know how to do physics, the very last paragraph is my attempt to calculate that so feel free to correct me. For my measurements I'm going to use 100 mph (44.704 m/s) for velocity (v), 60 feet 6 inches (18.4404 m) for distance (d), for weight I used 5.1 oz (0.145 kg) for mass (m) I'm also ignoring air friction. The distance is the distance between the pitchers mound and the batter, and the weight is the average weight of a MLB baseball. Work (w), Kinetic energy (KE), Gravity ((g)=9.81m/s^2), Joules (J) W=1/2mv^2 so (0.5*0.145*44.704^2) is the work being done by the pitcher. Because of the work energy theorem we know that the initial kinetic energy of the ball is 144.9 Joules of energy which is the exact same as the work being done. For reference, a 22 lb weight moving at 11 mph has a kinetic energy of 125 Joules and a 22lr right after being shot has a kinetic energy of 162 Joules. Its also the same exact kinetic energy as lifting a 21.4 lb weight 5 feet off the ground (144.9/(1.524*9.81)). < used KE=mgh rearranged (KE/gh =m). W=Fd so I should divide 144.9J by 18.4404m to find force but that gives me 7.86 which I feel is wrong due to all of the accounts of ppl getting badly hurt by fastballs. Maybe I'm not using the right equation. F=ma to find acceleration I'm going to use a=(vf^2-vi^2)/2d. I got 54.19 m/s^2. Using F=ma, I found that the force was still 7.857. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong someone pls help. How do people break their bones from a fastball.

[@lucasstaton2283]

Eric getting hurt: Me: Ok Peter Griffin 😅😂

[@heethen112]

Wow! Great content

[@aidansmith2779]

I think we all subconsciously knew 100mph was dangerous, it's seeing how dangerous the 100mph actually is, is the part that's scary, Anyways, Eric would defiantly take 9 Fastballs to the Face before tapping out because he got hungry, that's my bet.

[@tylerbailey6193]

‘He’s probably cheating on me!’ Watches stuff explode

[@chrisbrann2550]

That is an amazing example! I could watch this over and over! Thank you for your content guys, love this channel!! ⚾️⚾️⚾️

[@Haydenjones69420]

I had to agree with eric on the dry wall because it makes sense about the speed and how thin drywall actually is and I would know that because I put a prime bottle through my drywall wall and i was so shocked cause it went straight through

[@LandonBikes]

We love Tim’s pats hat

[@willmay1863]

Thank you for this education

[@larryatkins6849]

Love the content, boys!

[@Baseball_solo]

I just want to say I love you guys so much bro I wish I was better at baseball I quitting the sport I am playing now bc I want to play baseball

[@jbarrysupers]

That pumpkin did the juko jiggle

[@707ridah]

Your strength lacks When Juco breaks his bat. Still love you Juco

[@bogib8113]

the reason the hand breaks so easily is because the weight behind the hand. its like putting your hand against the wall and someone punching it, it will hurt more then someone hitting it without something behind it. the wall is pushing back and helping the force hit. take the weight away the hand will be able to swing and take the balls force.

[@jacksonsabominationofachan7761]

Bro Eric sounded like a Jack-o-lantern after he put it up to his eye.

[@seanquillen3457]

Eric sounded like Peter Griffin when he skinned his knee

[@matthewhodge1137]

Like how HOW! Any time Eric is in a video SOMETHING is almost 100% guaranteed to hit him. Baseball, Shrapnel, wood from bats. I think Eric has discovered a new phenomenon. The Sim pull effect.

[@jthahooper_8582]

I recently took an 85 mph fastball to the hand, and I can say.. that shit is not fun. Had to get two surgeries and I only just got back after 3 months. Can’t imagine what it would feel like to get hit right in the middle of the hand by a 100 MPH heater though 😅

[@mikaelfebrianto9613]

Great videos

[@duckygames2721]

What a vid the pumpkin was completely satisfying

[@jplayzow]

this is an excellent helmet commercial

[@genmysters]

Thats how you carve a pumpkin. Need a light for that on Halloween next year. Also Attach the hand to a bat and try it again. The hand is more flexible than having it sit against a 25 pound steel kettle bell.

[@dodgers_chloe]

we need a video where we see what speed pitches you can still bunt. as Kevin says, "lift small bunt the ball"

[@christophersiefken2836]

That first shot to the hand was brutal looking. But then they did it again and we got second hand information.

[@the_darkside_fpv]

I love you guys I swear

[@TheOnlyColtonPlayzYt]

Bro Eric hit u with that Peter griffin

[@Beelzle_Bob]

Her: He's probably cheating on me right now. Him w/ the boys: "Dude, let's shoot a baseball through a fucking pumpkin!"

[@complexity5545]

I am actually making a container for a 3d printer. The drywall target made me triple it up the thickness.

[@TheiPad]

It’s worth noting that ballistics gel has an inherent flaw. There are zero muscles and zero tendons. Dermal tissue and adipose tissue (that ballistic gel mimics) does not have the same tensile strength as muscles tendons and ligaments. While the finger did detach on the model, it would be very very unlikely for that to actually occur.

[@mikeholley4488]

I wonder what that machine can launch besides baseballs and tennis balls? Flashbangs, bricks, shaving cream, etc!

[@danielschaner9810]

During a baseball game I was up to bat and the pitcher was throwing 80mph and that 80mph fastball game right at my head but I some how dogged it.

[@anglerjunkietv5086]

Love you guys

[@ExpectEverything27]

When you give teenage boys a pitching machine and household items.

[@kannonsullivan7547]

Eric turned into Peter griffin when he hurt his knee

[@joeanderson444]

I would imagine these results aren't too far off, but our skin and muscles do a little better job with impact than the gel does IMO. The head shot though may be pretty accurate!

[@kylelabo4524]

The sad thing is it would be possible for someone to get hit square on by 100mph if they turned there race at the pitcher. Kevin pillar is a good example.

[@TheJustusLeague98]

You guys should make homemade helmets and see if they can survive 👀

[@100Franky]

Imagine a MLB player gets mad and throws a rock at u

[@atbsigma]

This was good… a little morbid when you realized this happened to pitchers taking direct shots from 100 off the metal bat.