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What if you threw a baseball at nearly light speed? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/videos
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[–] rockSlayer 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Woah, did Randall start making videos too?

[–] CosmicTurtle 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don't think it's Randall himself but seems to be a partnership.

What If? The Video Series is the official adaptation of the 'What If?' books by Randall Munroe (xkcd.com) and is produced by Neptune Studios LLC

[–] RustyNova 11 points 9 months ago

Yup.

And honestly they adapted well.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sort of. He's only narrating the videos while other people are producing it though, so I doubt he's that involved. All these videos are adaptations of his book "What If?"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

For those who hate videos: https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The Yankees would sign you to a lucrative 10 year deal.

Edit. But their catcher would quit.

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 3 points 9 months ago

Catch or miss, the whole stadium gets vaporized from kinetic energy release

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The footnote of this What If is one of my favorite lines every

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

TLDW; The rules of baseball say that the batter is eligible to advance to first base.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Probably a quick flash and it's gone 🤣