Swinging in the Blink of an Eye

SWINGING IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE tanshate.can 12ft IT TAKES A HITTER APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET TO READ THE PITCH - AND DETERMINE ITS TYPE 08 SECONDS see the ball, 12ft 30ft THE BATTER MUST BEGIN HIS SWING WHILE THE PITCH IS 30 FEET AWAY FROM HOME PLATE, IF HE'S GOING TO HIT IT. hit 30ft the ball 48ft fastest pitches -pete rose 48ft 43 SECONDS 60ft AN EYE BLINKS AT 300-400 MILLISECONDS PER BLINK. IT TAKES A 95 M.P.H FASTBALL 4/10 OF A SECOND TO REACH HOME PLATE 105.1 PLAY-BY-PLAY AROLDIS CHAPMAN By the time the ball has travelled 12 feet, the batter has a good visual lock on the ball - and makes instant read on type of pitch - knuckle ball, fastball, curve ball, slider, changeup. This read is based on the rotation of the ball and it's velocity. 12ft As the ball travels from 12 ft to 30 ft (a distance of 18 feet), the player must decide if the pitch is hittable or not. This deci- sion is made in approximately .14 seconds. If deciding to swing, the batter must start his swing while the ball is approximately 25 - 30ft away from the plate. From 30 feet away, it takes the ball approximately 250 thousands of a second to reach home plate (about the limit of human reac- tion time) At this point, an error of a few thousandths of a second will result in a ball being foul tipped. Hitting the ball a few millimeters to low, or too high, will result in a pop up . or a ground ball 104.8 mph JOEL ZUMAYA 30ft 103.4 mph Blinking is a natural and fast occurrence that varies from person to person. On average a person blinks every 5 seconds. The average human eye blinks at 300 to 400 hundred milliseconds per blink. During this time the ball has travelled 48ft from the pitchers mound. 48ft NEFTALI FELIZ The average major league fastball is 95 miles per hour. A 95 mile per hour pitch travels 139.33 feet per second, reaching home plate in 4 tenths of a second. The fastest pitch ever was recorded by Aroldis Chapman, playing for the Reds at the time. His pitch was recorded at 105.1 miles per hour . reach- ing the plate in 380 milliseconds. So, literally . blink and you'd miss Chapman's fastball. 60ft design by francesca greggs & lemonwood design. 22 SECONDS 35 SECONDS