Cabrera Flattens a Baseball - Literally

[Ocala Mike]

Is this for real or a good photoshop job? I know that a baseball, when struck by a bat, is going to deform slightly, but is this normal? Any physicists out there that want to take this one?

http://www.foxsportsohio.com/story/alt/Miguel-Cabrera-flattens-a-baseball---no-?blockID=918353&feedID=10938

I'm thinking something funny with the bat or ball, or maybe the guy is just a beast when he makes this kind of contact.

[TJDave]

In the early 80's I saw Jose Canseco hit a centerfield drive through the plywood at All Sports Park in OKC. It was about 410.

[wiffleball whizz]

The split second impact does this....just like a extra slow motion golf ball getting hit

[Dave Schwartz]

I saw a great picture once of Mickey Mantle swinging the bat. The bat appears to be bending under the velocity of the swing.

[TJDave]

I saw a great picture once of Mickey Mantle swinging the bat. The bat appears to be bending under the velocity of the swing.

You mean 'at contact'?

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1284051/Incredible-slow-motion-picture-golf-ball-flattens-hits-steel-plate-150mph.html

example 2.

[wiffleball whizz]

If this didn't flatten the ball I don't know what will....I remember being a kid watching this home run the most diehard of Oakland A fan and idolized Jose canseco growing up everything was 33 in my room all my all star jerseys were 33 etc etc etc.......this was the shot heard round the world...in my opinion the hardest hit ball of all time


Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGdfv13lwQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[PaceAdvantage]

Canseco doesn't even look THAT big in that video...lol

[wiffleball whizz]

Canseco doesn't even look THAT big in that video...lol

Pre steroids hahahaha either way that was a blast

[Rise Over Run]

If this didn't flatten the ball I don't know what will....I remember being a kid watching this home run the most diehard of Oakland A fan and idolized Jose canseco growing up everything was 33 in my room all my all star jerseys were 33 etc etc etc.......this was the shot heard round the world...in my opinion the hardest hit ball of all time


Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSGdfv13lwQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Against Mike Flanagan; RIP.

[Dave Schwartz]

You mean 'at contact'?

No. before contact.

Not sure if it was real or optical illusion of some kind. It was certainly pre-photoshop. I searched for the picture online but could not find it.

Perhaps it was all a dream. LOL

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http://www.damninteresting.com/baseball-and-the-physicists/

[Robert Fischer]

Roy Hobbs knocked the cover off the ball

[VastinMT]

Roy Hobbs knocked the cover off the ball

Hobbs-schmobbs -- no one hit it harder than Gil Gamesh!