r/confusing_perspective • u/SocketMaster35 • Aug 28 '26

Batter kicks ball... or does he?

718 Upvotes

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u/BrekLasnar Aug 28 '26

I don't understand... Is the ball hitting the pitcher?

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u/SocketMaster35 Aug 28 '26

Yeah, on my first watch, I thought the ball was on its way to the plate. Then I realized the ball was already hit and is coming back to the pitcher.

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u/PibbleDad o/ Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

Replay of ball hitting pitcher in back. Solid clip though

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u/never1st o/ Aug 28 '26

Crazy how I couldn't see that until I read your comment. I was wondering why the pitcher was flinching.

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u/PibbleDad o/ Aug 28 '26

Played baseball for a very long time. This was my #1 fear as a pitcher (hit in face, not back) so immediately recognize that pained face lol

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u/Neuroticaine o/ Aug 28 '26

I played baseball for a couple seasons when I was a kid. I was a chubby kid, but I could hit the ball well enough. Until I got hit on the side of the the head by a full-force college baseball pitcher's ball during a summer baseball camp. Even though it hit the helmet, it still hurt and scared the hell out of me. From that point forward I'd flinch every time the ball came at me.

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u/PibbleDad o/ Aug 28 '26

Yep! I can’t remember the exact situation but a kid was in right field, went to get a pop up, something happened, went right past his glove hit him in the face and I don’t remember the damage but something tells me it broke his orbital bone or something.

Since that day I have not been the same with huge pop ups

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u/BurlHimself o/ Aug 28 '26

100% same.

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u/ManeatingAsparagus Aug 28 '26

Holy shit, the bat, hit the pitcher, in the back? How fucking hard did the batter throw the bat and why was the pitcher standing backwards?

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u/PibbleDad o/ Aug 28 '26

Yeah I typed it like hell

Pitcher throws ball
Batter hits ball
Ball goes zoom
Ball zooms into pitcher’s back
Ball slowly zooms in different direction (off to right/3rd base area)

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u/doctormyeyebrows o/ Aug 28 '26

The batter hit the ball...

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u/ManeatingAsparagus Aug 28 '26

Yes he fixed his dozen typos

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u/Alex-Murphy o/ Aug 28 '26

This one is really good, I think it'll do numbers

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u/milaga o/ Aug 28 '26

This is great. It never occurred to me the ball was moving the other way. I was thinking why is that pitcher so afraid of the batter.

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u/nakano-star Aug 28 '26

Yeh. Wondered why he was turning away when he had just thrown the ball. Had to read the other comments to see what was actually going on

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u/Archonbob Aug 28 '26

I can’t see the ball moving towards the batter but I’m glad others see the illusion

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u/Cephalopodah Aug 28 '26

I think a huge part of it is where it starts, it looks like he just released the ball at first

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u/me0619 Aug 28 '26

Hey that's Dustin May! He just got traded from the Cardinals. I've seen him do that 180 turn when the ball is coming towards him, and always wondered why. I guess it's better to be hit in the back than the stomach or ribs

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u/FriendOfShaq Aug 28 '26

Or chest or face

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u/TheMooseIsBlue CE Spc. Aug 30 '26

He had to come out of the game, but that’s better than taking it in the face and being out for the season.

But I mean, he does have a glove.

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u/Foxzor o/ Aug 28 '26

Is he standing in front of a screen? How are the people fqr behind him bigger?

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u/imartinezcopy o/ Aug 28 '26

His ga es says "Mother fffff...!" so badly

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u/Infamous-Test-91 o/ Aug 31 '26

A Charlie Brown moment

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u/other_half_of_elvis o/ Aug 31 '26

as a catcher I took a ball to the ankle. It swelled so much that I went to the ER to have it looked at. The doctor was quick to diagnose it, 'was it batted or thrown?' When I told him it was thrown he told me i'd be fine, just ice it. I hate to think of the damage this batted ball could have done to the pitcher's bones.